Deafness practically illustrated / [James Yearsley].

  • James Yearsley
Date:
[1849]
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Credit: Deafness practically illustrated / [James Yearsley]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    hearing. On their earliest manifestation, it would be wise to place the auditory organ in the best possible state of defence. As the mucous membrane is the chief point affected by injurious influences, all causes that act upon it prejudicially should be held in appre- hension, and cold and humidity, being by far the most frequent of these, and affecting the ear in the greatest variety of forms, should be guarded against with the most sedulous care. When deafness has commenced, every fresh catarrh will be sure to add something to its aggravation. Sudden transitions from heated as- semblies to the cold air, or vice versa, are much more likely to occasion cold than exposure either to an uni- formly high or low temperature, and should therefore be avoided. I have known persons liable to catarrh who guarded against it by never entering a warm room from the open air in cold weather, without lingering a minute or two in the hall or lobby, and on passing out, observing the same precaution. A distinguished member of the House of Commons, who consulted me, gave it as his opinion, that at least one-half of that assembly suffered in a greater or less degree from deaf- ness in one or both ears. This is, perhaps, too much to say of the whole House; but from my own observa- tion, I have no doubt of its correctness if applied to those who are constant in their attendance, and have been many years in Parliament. ‘The late hours, and the incautious habit of many of the members, who prefer a cool walk home after a protracted and excit- ing debate, to the safety of a carriage, are quite suffi- cient to account for the prevalence of impaired hearing among our legislators. The same may be said of the habitual frequenters of theatres, or other crowded
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