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DEAFNESS

Categories: Diseases of The Eye and Ear

This is usually the result of a disease and is merely a
symptom. Diseases of the middle ear, rupture of the drum membrane, and

large ulceration of this membrane cause it. Ear wax causes temporary

deafness. Diseases of the throat and nose cause it very often, and

deafness frequently accompanies catarrh of the nose. Adenoids cause it

sometimes, especially in children.



Treatment. The only way to prevent this troubl
is to treat the disease

that causes it. Discharge from the ear, due to ear disease should be

treated from the first or it may cause permanent deafness in that ear.

Many cases of scarlet fever leave deafness behind in one ear at least.

This trouble should be closely watched during an attack of scarlet fever,

and in other infectious diseases and proper treatment given.



Chronic deafness is hard to cure; so often some of the deeper parts of the

ear are diseased. When a person recognizes that his hearing is growing

less acute he should have his ear examined. People often let the trouble

go too long before beginning treatment.



MOTHERS' REMEDIES. Deafness. 1. Quick and Effective Remedy for. "Five or

ten drops of onion juice put in the ear several times a day is very good.

If there is any pain in the ear, add a drop or two of laudanum, or you may

just use two or three drops of glycerin with the other ingredients. In

about an hour after treating the ear in this manner, syringe it well with

warm castile soap suds or warm milk."



2. Deafness. Often Tried Remedy for. "Take one dram each of tincture of

lobelia, tincture of gum myrrh, oil of sassafras, tincture of opium and

olive oil, mix and apply lint wet with the liniment in the ear, night, and

morning, then syringe out with warm water and castile soap."



3. Deafness, My Mother, in Galt, Found Mullein Good for. "Small blossoms

of mullein, fill bottles and cork, hang in sun till oil forms, drop three

drops every third day in the ear for three or four weeks. We tried this

successfully in our family."



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