A treatise on the physiology and diseases of the ear ; containing a comparative view of its structure and functions, and of its various diseases, arranged according to the anatomy of the organ, or as they affect the external, the intermediate and the internal ear / By John Harrison Curtis.

  • Curtis, John Harrison, 1778-approximately 1860.
Date:
1817
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the physiology and diseases of the ear ; containing a comparative view of its structure and functions, and of its various diseases, arranged according to the anatomy of the organ, or as they affect the external, the intermediate and the internal ear / By John Harrison Curtis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    eluded, other secondary means may still be resorted to. Internal remedies are capable of producing changes of a salutary nature, in a great number of local diseases, particularly in those organic affections, whose nature is known and discriminated. The diseases of the ear, as I before observed, are often constitutional; and the general treat- ment of the constitution will therefore influence the malady of the particular part. Thus syphilis, in its constitutional form and ultimate stage, attacks the ear, and deafness is produced by this specific cause. The same course of medicines that removes the other constitutional symptoms, has an equal effect on this organ; and if there are no other constitutional symptoms but deafness, then em- ploying internal medicines, according to the regular method observed in the treatment of this disease, will remove the complaint. Deafness is often the attendant of a cold, or