Show i Box luff them the tle ears ars W boxing the ekis eais is dais wali adi ari f inexcusable excusable brutality many a child has L teen toen n made deaf for life by it because the drum of the ear is a 9 membrane as thin as M p paper a er stretching like a curtain j justin ustin side e the external entrance of the ear there is nothing but air just behind it and any violent concussion is liable to rend it in two and the hearing is destroyed forever because the sense of hearing is caused by the vibrations of this drum or tympanum picking the ears Is a most mischievous practice in attempting to do this with hard substances an unlucky motion harmany has many a time pierced the india rubber life preserver nothing harder or sharper than the end dof dol of the little finger with the nail pared ought ever to be introduced into the ear unless by a physician persons are often seen endeavoring to remove the wax of the ear with the head of a pin this ought never to be done first because it not only endangers the rupture of the ear by being pushed too far in but if not pushed so ir far it may grate against the drum excite inflammation and an ulcer which will finally eat all the parts away especially if of a scrofulous constitution ution second hard substances substance 3 have slipped in and caused the necessity of painful dangerous and expensive operations to fish or cut out third the wax is manufactured by nature to guard the entrance from dust insects and unmodified cold air and when it has sub served its purpose it becomes dry scaly light and in this condition is easily pushed outside by new formations of wax within occasionally wax was may harden and interfere with the hearing but when this is the case it is the part of wisdom to consult a physician and let him decide what is the matter and what the remedy if one cannot be had the only safe plan is to let fall into the ear three or four drops of tepid water night and morning the saliva is better still it is sott soft softer sotter erand enand and more penetrating but glycerine asfar is far preferable to el either elther therit it is one of the best blandest blankest blan dest fluids in nature and aud very rapidly penetrates the hardest wax cools the parts and aad restores them to a healthful condition if in a week there is not a decided improvement pro in the hearing medical advice ought lit to be had at once as next to the eye the ear is the most delicate organ ganot of the body |