Advice to the deaf. The present state of aural surgery; with new modes of curing diseases of the ear, and remarks on the causes and prevention of deafness and on ear trumpets, cornets, etc / [John Harrison Curtis].

  • Curtis, John Harrison, 1778-approximately 1860
Date:
1845
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Credit: Advice to the deaf. The present state of aural surgery; with new modes of curing diseases of the ear, and remarks on the causes and prevention of deafness and on ear trumpets, cornets, etc / [John Harrison Curtis]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Physiology, or uses of the different parts of the Ear, will he next examined. On finishing the structure and uses of the Ear, the vaiious diseases occasioning Deafness will then be considered, treating them in the same order in which the structure has been de- scribed. This order will comprehend, first, the Affections of the Meatus Auditorius, or external Ear ; secondly, those of the Tympanum, viz., its puriform discharge, and the Obstruction of the Eustachian Tubes, with the operations; thirdly, the Diseases of the Labyrinth, whether constitutional, as nervous, scrofulous, syphilitic, &c.—or local, as paralysis of the Auditory Nerve, defective organisation, &c. The subject will conclude with general Remarks, applicable to this class of diseases, pointing out the intimate connexion existing between the organs of Hearing and Sight ; to which will be added, Considerations on the best means of treating the Deaf and Dumb. A Clinical Lecture will be given occasionally, on the most important Cases that occur at the Royal Dispensary. The Royal Dispensary is open to Pupils. For particulars apply to Mr. Curtis, at his own House, No. 2, Soho Square; or to Mr. Henry S. Smyth, Secretary, at the Royal Dispensary, who is authorised to enter Pupils. The Lectures will he continued regularly, the same as the preceding Seasons, until the latter end of May.