Pointer, Henry: Scrapbook relating to deafness and hearing aids, etc.

Scrapbook of manuscript and printed material relating chiefly to deafness and hearing aids. Dates are 1797-1882 but most of the material covers 1797-1848.

Scrapbook mostly includes mounted correspondence between Henry Pointer and fellow surgeons and physicians, as well as between Pointer and his patients. Includes autographs and obituaries for physicians and surgeons, a number of which were signed to the certificates given by them to Henry Pointer when attending their lectures at the time he was studying for the practice of surgery and medicine. Also includes a list of customers of the ear trumpet and requests for sales.

The scrapbook also contains press cuttings, which cover a wide range of topics, including monarchy, religion, inventions, books and art sales, nature and plants, obituaries, and various miscellanea.

1797-1882

1 volume

Liss Books, 19/05/2008.

Mr Henry Pointer was a surgeon and inventor of a flexible ear trumpet for patients suffering from deafness. Pointer's ear trumpet was constructed out of rubber, rather than metallic materials, which had previously been commonly used in the construction of ear trumpets.