The ear : its anatomy, physiology, and diseases : a practical treatise for the use of medical students and practitioners / by Charles H. Burnett.

  • Burnett Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1842-1902.
Date:
1877
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Credit: The ear : its anatomy, physiology, and diseases : a practical treatise for the use of medical students and practitioners / by Charles H. Burnett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    PEEFACE. In vie^Y of the great advances which have been made of Late years in Otology, and of the increasing interest manifested in it,''the Author has felt that the profession might welcome a new work which should present clearly but concisely its present aspect,, and should indicate the direction in which further . researches can be most profitably carried on. Such a work it has been the Author's aim to produce, and in accomplishing the task it will be seen that he has freely availed himself of the observations and discoveries of others. These he has, as far as practicable, tested by his own experience in the opportunities aftbrded by several years' special devotion to the study of the diseases of the ear. Considerable practice in teaching has shown him that the pathology and therapeutics of the ear cannot be properly under- stood without a more intimate acquaintance with its anatomy and physiology than is afibrdcd hy the ordinary text-books. In these departments much important work has recently been done abroad, es[.ecially in Germany, and the author is confident