cording to the "Globe" a mission of medical experts is to he appointed to consider what im. provements can be effected in presentatives against gun-deafness, Tu the discharging of ordnance the gun crew withdraws to a distance of some twelve or fourteen or even twenty yards and even with this precaution fracture of the aural nerve system is prevalent. In a battleship, however, it is impossible eet away from a gun and gun-deafness amongst naval men is increasing. rapidly, a serious fact in view of the importance of quick and sensitive hearing in the work of the Navy, especially at night. A vulcanite rubber blinker-like bandage, with rubber or celluloid stoppers for the ear-holes, which fits round the head, is a suggested remedy. Gun-deafness arises, in medical parlance, from injuries to the drum and nerve 1g, due to the rarefaction of the air in the external auditory meatus or passage. The sudden formation lof a vacuum gives a sense of shock.
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