Report of 1088 cases of ear disease treated in the Glasgow Western Infirmary, from 6th November 1877, till 28th May 1881, with observations / by Thomas Barr.

  • Barr, Thomas, 1846-1916.
Date:
1882
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Credit: Report of 1088 cases of ear disease treated in the Glasgow Western Infirmary, from 6th November 1877, till 28th May 1881, with observations / by Thomas Barr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT OF 1088 CASES OF EAR DISEASE TREATED IN THE GLASGOW WESTERN INFIRMARY, FROM 6th NOVEMBER 1877, TILL 28th MAY 1881, WITH OBSERVATIONS. The department for diseases of the ear in the Western Infirmary was opened for the first time on the 6th November, 1877, and was placed under my superintendence. During the first year it was open to patients only once a week. This was, however, found insufiicient, partly in consequence of the large number of patients who presented themselves for advice, and partly because of the necessity for more frequent interviews with patients in order that the applications, &c., essential in the treatment of ear diseases, should be used with sufficient frequency. After the first year, therefore, attendance was provided twice a week, namely, on Wednesday and Saturda}', at 3 P.M., for patients suffering from aural disease. I may be permitted to mention, for the information of those unacquainted with this department of the Western Infirmary, that the Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear is exceptionally well provided with instruments and apparatus for the proper examination and treatment of patients, as well as with diagram.^ for the effective teaching of aural surgery to students. In 1878, when I went to Vienna, in order to see the practice of the famous aural surgeons of that city, the directors kindly granted a considerable sum of money to be spent in the pur- chase of aural instruments and apparatus in Vienna, where, in consequence of its being the great centi'e of teaching of aural surgery, the cheapest and best instruments are to be had. The greater number of the instruments in the ear department of the Infirmary were provided hy the best makers in Vienna, according to a list written for me at that time by Professor Politzer, the recognised head of this branch of the pro- fession. An important and, I believe, a very essential feature of the aural department is the help which it affords to the visiting physicians and sutgeons, when an ear complication exists, or is suspected to exist, in any patient under their care in the