Cases illustrative of the treatment of diseases of the ear, both local and constitutional, with practical remarks relative to the deaf and dumb / [John Harrison Curtis].

  • Curtis, John Harrison, 1778-approximately 1860.
Date:
1822
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Credit: Cases illustrative of the treatment of diseases of the ear, both local and constitutional, with practical remarks relative to the deaf and dumb / [John Harrison Curtis]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    observations; &c. There is no class of diseases more trouble¬ some than those of the ear, or which occasion more inconvenience; and yet it is singular to remark, that no diseases, incident to the human frame, have received so little at¬ tention, or have been subjected so rarely to the investigation of science, and the correct application of the principles of the healing art in attempting their cure. Many of the ancients, it appears, have set a laudable ex¬ ample on this subject, which has not been followed up of late years with the same suc¬ cess, as these early prospects gave reason to hope. Hippocrates, the father of medicine, B