Handbook of diseases of the ear : for the use of students and practitioners / by Urban Pritchard.

  • Pritchard, Urban, 1845-1925.
Date:
1886
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Handbook of diseases of the ear : for the use of students and practitioners / by Urban Pritchard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction i CHAPTER I. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE EAR. The conducting apparatus—External ear—Middle ear—Mastoid process—The perceptive apparatus—Internal ear—Audi- tory nerve and nerve-centre—Functions .... 3 CHAPTER II. METHODS OF EXAMINING THE EAR—OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE. Objective methods—Inspection—The speculum—Modes of illu- mination—Introduction of the speculum—Appearance of the normal meatus and membrana tympani—Examination of pharynx, nose and naso-pharynx—Examination of the Eustachian tube and tympanum—Methods of inflation— Subjective methods of examination—Measurement of the hearing power as a whole—Of the perceptive portion . . 28 CHAPTER III. MALFORMATIONS, INJURIES AND DISEASES OF THE AURICLE. Malformations—Injuries—Diseases—Tumours .... 59