Deafness practically illustrated / [James Yearsley].

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

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    assemblies. Astream of cold air upon the head when the rest of the body is heated, is the frequent cause of severe and sudden deafness. Washing and sluicing the head and ears with cold water, pouring cold water into the ear, (as is sometimes done by way of practical joke,) having the hair cut short in cold weather, sleep- ing with the head uncovered—bathing of any kind— are also among the most prominent causes of deafness. At the commencement of deafness, when almost everything may be expected from regimen, the most strict attention to dietary rule should be observed: regularity and moderation in eating and drinking, and the avoidance of all causes of indigestion, are as neces- sary in this as in many of the more serious forms of disease. Besides the ordinary management of the stomach, there are certain things which are especially injurious to the deaf, from producing an unwholesome state of the mucous membrane of the throat. Salted meats, pastry, and greasy substances do this; vege- tables in a less degree; the same may be said of malt liquors, and of coffee. When persons are growing deaf, they naturally feel a great anxiety upon the subject, but very often it is not till the malady is confirmed that they discover the wisdom of seeking serenity of mind, and of giving their care to checking the disorder instead of encouraging a hurtful despondency. If it were necessary, a great deal might be said about the injury inflicted by the indiscriminate use of the many nostrums in vogue for the relief of deafness. Few persons are decidedly deaf who are not able to refer an increase of their malady to some application of this class. Nearly all of them are placed for their
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