Excerpt from The Standard Physician, Vol. 2: A New and Practical Encyclopaedia of Medicine and Hygiene Especially Prepared for the Household When diving head foremost during bathing, the drumhead is very apt to rupture. Likewise, when bathing in the ocean, a wave that is caught from the side instead of backward may injure the ear. Loud sounds injure the faculty of hearing, particularly when occurring unexpectedly. Artillerymen and boilermakers, for instance, are extremely liable to deafness. Explosions and gunshots in ...
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Excerpt from The Standard Physician, Vol. 2: A New and Practical Encyclopaedia of Medicine and Hygiene Especially Prepared for the Household When diving head foremost during bathing, the drumhead is very apt to rupture. Likewise, when bathing in the ocean, a wave that is caught from the side instead of backward may injure the ear. Loud sounds injure the faculty of hearing, particularly when occurring unexpectedly. Artillerymen and boilermakers, for instance, are extremely liable to deafness. Explosions and gunshots in closed rooms are also dangerous. Engine drivers who suffer from the shrill whistling of the locomotives and from long-continued standing upon the vibrating engine, are very liable to become deaf. To deaden the sound, small, light balls of cotton are used, which can be placed into the ear when necessary. The public should be interested in this matter of hygiene of the ear, and Should take steps to prevent unnecessary noises. A great deal might be accomplished by the prohibition of Whip-cracking, the playing of hand-organs, and the burning of noisy fireworks, by the improvement of pavements, the regulation of noisy work, and by the division of towns and cities into factory districts and residence districts, etc. Heredity exerts an influence upon affections of the ears, especially upon chronic, dry inflammation of the middle ear. The consultation of a physician before marrying is, therefore, advisable in certain cases. Marriages of near relations sometimes favour congenital deafness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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