A text-book of the diseases of the ear and adjacent organs / by Dr. Adam Politzer ; translated from the third German edition by Oscar Dodd ; edited by Sir William Dalby.

  • Politzer, Adam, 1835-1920.
Date:
1894
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Credit: A text-book of the diseases of the ear and adjacent organs / by Dr. Adam Politzer ; translated from the third German edition by Oscar Dodd ; edited by Sir William Dalby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    Ylll CONTENTS. b. Catheterization of the Eustachian Tube . . .88 1. Topographical Relations of the Pharyngeal Orifice of the Eustachian Tube . . . . .89 2. Choice of Catheter . . . . .91 3. Method of Catheterizing the Eustachian Tube . . 92 4. Mistakes in Catheterization . . . .97 5. Modifications of Catheterization in Cases of Congenital or Pathological Obstacles in the Naso-Pharynx . 98 6. Methods of Propelling Air into the Middle Ear by the Catheter for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Purposes . 101 Results of Auscultation in Normal and Pathological Conditions of the Middle Ear . . . . . .104 7. Methods of Injection of Fluid and of the Introduction of Vapours into the Middle Ear through the Catheter 108 c. The Author's Method of making the Eustachian Tube Permeable. (Politzer's Method) . . . .113 The Therapeutic Value of the Author's Method (Politzerizing) as compared with the Valsalvan Method and Catheterization 120 Methods of Examination and Treatment of the Middle Ear through the External Meatus .... 124 a. Rarefaction of Air in the External Meatus . . . 124 b. Condensation of Air in the External Meatus . .126 C. Tests for Hearing . . . . . .127 A. Testing the Acuteness of the Perception of Sound-waves tran mitted through the Air to the Membrana Tympani . . 128 1. Testing the Sharpness of Hearing for Simple Tones . 128 2. Testing the Hearing-power for Speech . . .136 B. Testing the Perception of the Waves of Sound conducted to the Ear'through the Cranial Bones .... 141 1. Testing with the Watch and the Acoumeter . .141 2. Testing with the Tuning-fork . . . .143 C. Method of Examining the Patient . . . .151 Diseases of the Sound-conducting Apparatus I. Diseases of the External Ear i. Anomalies of Secretion in the External Auditory Meatus ii. Diseases of the Skin of the External Ear A. Hyperemia of the External Ear B. Inflammations of the External Ear Dermatitis of the Auiicle B. Inflammation of the External Auditory Meatus . 1. Follicular Inflammation of the External Auditory Meatus 2. Diffuse Inflammation of the External Auditory Meatus 3. Otitis Externa Hemorrhagica 4. Croupous and Diphtheritic Inflammation of the External Auditory Meatus 5. Parasitic Inflammation of the External Auditory Meatus— Mycosis of the External Meatus C. Eczema of the External Ear D. Herpes Zoster .... E. Lupus ..... F. Syphilitic Inflammation of the External Ear iii. Diseases of the Perichondrium and Cartilage of the Auricle and E ternal Meatus 1. Othematoma 2. Perichondritis of the Auricle iv. Contractions and Adhesions of the External Auditory Meatu v. Foreign Bodies in the Ear .... II. The Diseases of the Middle Ear A. The Diseases of the Membrana Tympani Survey of the Histological Changes in the Membrana Tympai ]63 163 163 167 167 168 168 171 172 176 180 181 183 188 195 196 199 202 202 206 207 218 226 226 227 Changes in the Epidermic Layer of the Membrana Tympani 22