Excerpt from Diseases of the Ear in Children Congenital malformation Of the d r u m m e m b r a n e is seen during early life in the form of an appreciable open ing in the upper portion of the membrane without there having been previous suppuration. As the drum-mem brane is entirely absent in the earliest embryonic life, and as it closes at last in its upper part, an insufficient closure, i. E., an opening, may exist at this spot as an arrest Of development, which may be considered as a coloboma analogous to similar conditions in the eye, the lips, and the palate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.

Excerpt from Diseases of the Ear in Childhood Almost every year new text-books on Otology are published, descriptive of the rapid progress and status of this branch of medical science. The pathological conditions which occur in infancy and childhood are described briefly, but there is no characteristic and exhaustive description of the anatomical, clinical, and therapeutic peculiarities, which are important factors in the child's car. The publication of the present volume was prompted by a desire to fill this need, and I willingly complied with the request of the editors of "The Diseases of Children" to write a supplementary volume dealing with the affections of the ear in infancy and childhood. The many peculiarities of childhood impart a special character to the affections of the ear, and give rise to pathological pictures peculiarly their own. The consideration of this fact was a sufficient incentive to undertake the work, but other factors rendered its execution imperative, namely, the great frequency of oral affections in infancy and childhood, and their importance in the mental and physical development of the young. It was difficult, however, to decide upon the amount of detail in which the various sections should be presented, for, if this volume were to adapt itself to the requirements of the pediatrist in accordance with the former ideas on the subject of juvenile otology, it would have been necessary to condense the available material. This, however, would have materially interfered with the scientific treatment of the questions involved. Feeling that the requirements of the modern pediatrist would not be served by a simple compilation of therapeutic indications, I decided to include all anatomical, clinical, and diagnostic facts, aside from the therapeutic armamentarium, which represent the present knowledge of our specialty. Bearing the practical importance of the latter in mind, I have endeavored to satisfy the demands of the general practitioner, so that he may obtain a clear understanding of the pathological pictures, of their causes and development, of the therapeutic measures to be adopted, and of the correct interpretation of difficult and complicated conditions which should be referred to the otologist for rational treatment. It need not be specially emphasized that a correct procedure on the part of the attending physician is of extreme importance in otological complications. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.

Excerpt from The Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Ear As the first edition of this book has been disposed of, and a change of publishers brought about, an opportunity for revision and additions has been taken advantage of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.

Excerpt from A Text-Book of the Diseases of the Ear The justification for the appearance of an English edition Of this text-book will be at once admitted, both on the ground of the position of the author in regard to the specialty, and also from the universal recognition Of the value of his treatise by those acquainted with the original. The size of the book is somewhat lessened, although a few additions have been made, and no matter Of importance has been omitted; while the German text has been faithfully followed. Reference must be made to the exceptional excellence of the illustrations, and more especially to the coloured figures in the plates, which form indeed a complete atlas Of the appearances exhibited by the tympanic membrane in different pathological conditions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.

Excerpt from Diseases of the Eye and Ear in Children The eyes of the infant should be carefully and thoroughly examined immediately after birth, to determine the probable condition of the function of vision, the presence or absence of congenital defects, and the possible and not infrequent reten tion of some of the vaginal secretions within the conjunctiva] sac, on the eye-ball, eye-lashes, or upon the surface of the lids. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.

Excerpt from Diseases of the Ear It seems hardly possible to the author that a quarter of a century has elapsed since the appearance of the first edition of this work in 1894. Perhaps in no other branch of medicine or surgery have more advances been made than in Otology. Successive editions of this work have appeared from time to time, it having been the purpose of the author, as well as of the publishers, to keep the work fully abreast with the advance of modern medicine and surgery. Since the appearance of the last edition so much advance has been made in diseases of the labyrinth, and the great importance of labyrinthine lesions has been so fully recognized that it has seemed necessary to elaborate upon this portion of the work. For this reason an entirely new chapter on the functional testing of the static labyrinth has been added. This chapter has been fully illustrated by line drawings, and it is the hope of the author that this additional chapter may be of great practical value to his readers. The chapter on specific inflammation of the labyrinth has also been practically rewritten, so as to give the readers the advantages of the latest methods of treatment. One plate has been added, but aside from this the body of the work remains essentially the same. Lithographic plates 9, 10, and 11 have been omitted from this edition. Plate 11 was practically out of date, and plates 9 and 10, while beautiful specimens of the lithographer's art, and reflecting great credit upon my friend, Dr. W. A. Holden, who was kind enough to draw these plates from nature, do not seem to possess enough practical value to warrant their continuance in this last edition. One new plate, which has appeared in an article by the author subsequent to the publication of the last edition, is embodied in this volume. Certain changes have been made in the text where experience has made it necessary for the author to modify opinions previously held. Certain statistics have been changed also so as to include the experience of the last ten years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.