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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    VII. Congenital Inspissation of Cerumen. This is a disease more frequent than is gene- rally supposed. All the secreting passages in chil- dren, at birth, are lined with a tenacious layer of this natural secretion; it is seen in the bowels, in the state of meconium; and no less in the ears, in the state of viscid wax : the reason of this is, that the parts of the concha and passage are narrow, and such an accumulation is essential to defend the tympanum from the waters of the amnios. In all apparent deafness of children, the ears should be examined in order to trace whether it is connected with this cause.