Post-nasal catarrh and diseases of the nose causing deafness : being vol. 1 of the third edition of Deafness, giddiness, and noises in the head / by Edward Woakes.

  • Woakes, Edward, 1837-1912.
Date:
1884
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Credit: Post-nasal catarrh and diseases of the nose causing deafness : being vol. 1 of the third edition of Deafness, giddiness, and noises in the head / by Edward Woakes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PEEPACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. The present volume deals with a department of disease subsidiary to that which is usually considered the special domain of the aural surgeon. It has for its subject the catarrhal lesions of the naso-pharynx of which ear disease and deafness are secondary and later issues. These antecedent conditions in many instances persist along- with their contributory defects in the organs of hearing ; and it is matter of experience that when this is the case, treatment directed simply to alleviate the ear mischief, will result in disappointment. For these reasons it has appeared to the author, that he could in no more practical way, add to the usefulness of this edition, than by introducing some account of the diseases of the nose and adjacent organs which lead up to deafness, with the methods of treatment which have ap- proved themselves to him. Thus while adding to the range of subjects, the original plan of the work is retained-that, viz., of supplementing information not usually provided in text books on the ear In considering the questions involved in this departure the author has been guided by the same physioloo-ical principles with which he essayed to elucidate the subjects of tinnitus and giddiness. That these principles should