Show PREVENTABLE In an address before a section of the American Medical Association W. S. Bryant of New asks if it is not time that physicians were instructing the laity in the subject of the prevention of Bryant believes that nearly all deafness is preventable and that it is very important that the people generally should be informed on this especially those who have deaf and since deafness duo to anomalies of the external canal are easily the number due to sensory defect and age defect that form due to middle ear trouble is the most important from every point of All forms and almost all cases of middle ear deafness are actually the results of The avoidance therefore of infective germs is hence the necessity of adhering strictly to the rules of hygiene relating to pure The next most desirable thing so far as prevention is concerned is to maintain a good physiological resistance to the Here again good hygiene is It is impossible to maintain a high resistance without sufficient sleep and proper suitable food and and an unlimited supply of pure fresh The writer calls attention to the various forms of infection of the nose and throat which are responsible for much deafness and shows that careful attention to the mlis of hygiene would be very He and tha children should be examined at regular intervals so as to give the physician an opportunity to pre vent the serious of neglect in these If this is done say once a year many a of deafness could he prevented because it would be seen early enough to institute successfully the proper |