Recipes, Hints and Cures
Old English Recipe for Catarrhal Deafness and Head Noises
If you know of some one who is troubled with Catarrhal Deafness, head noises or ordinary catarrh, cut out this formula and you will have been the means of saving some poor sufferer perhaps from total deafness. In England scientists for a long time past have recognized that catarrh is a constitutional disease and necessarily requires a constitutional treatment.
Sprays, inhalers and nose douches are liable to irritate the delicate air passages and force the disease into the middle ear, which frequently means total deafness, or else the disease is driven down the air passages towards the lungs, which is equally as dangerous. The following formula, which is used extensively in the damp English climate, is a constitutional treatment, and should prove especially efficacious to sufferers here who live under more favorable climate conditions.
Secure from your druggist 1 ounce of Parmint (Double strength). Take this home and add to it ¼ pint of hot water and 4 ounces of granulated sugar; stir until dissolved. Take one tablespoonful four times a day. This will often bring quick relief from distressing head noises. Clogged nostrils should open, breathing become easy and hearing improve as the inflammation in the eustachian tubes is reduced. Parmint is used in this way, as it acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system and has a slight tonic action that facilitates the recovery of the patient. The preparation is easy to make, costs little and is pleasant to take. Every person who has catarrh should give this treatment a trial.
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This is from a clipping from an old newspaper, probably 1900s.
It is presented for entertainment purposes only.
Note: Below is the definition for Catarrh from The American Heritage Dictionary
ca·tarrh ( k…-tär") n. 1. Inflammation of mucous membranes, especially of the nose and throat. [Middle English catarre from Old French catarrhe from Late Latin catarrhus from Greek katarrous from katarrein to flow down kata- cata- rhein to flow.
