A treatise on the physiology and diseases of the ear; containing a comparative view of its structure and functions, and of its various diseases, arranged according to the anatomy of the organ ... / by John Harrison Curtis.

  • Curtis, John Harrison, 1778-approximately 1860
Date:
1826
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the physiology and diseases of the ear; containing a comparative view of its structure and functions, and of its various diseases, arranged according to the anatomy of the organ ... / by John Harrison Curtis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CASE XXXII. Miss W., a very interesting young lady, was brought to me by her mother, who informed me that she had been deaf and dumb from birth. By adopting local remedies and constitutional treat- ment, I have the satisfaction to find that she hears _ sounds, such as a clock strike, a dog bark, &c. which she did not do before; and by steadily fol- lowing the plan of cure which I prescribed, her medical attendant and I concur in the well founded ~ expectation that she will shortly obtain her perfect hearing. CASE XXXIII. Miss B. applied to me with an herpetic erup- tion of both ears, to which she had been subject at different times for the last five years. By taking the compound calomel pill regularly every night, for about a month, and anointing the ex- ternal part of the ear with an ointment made of - equal parts of the nitrated mercurial ointment and hog’s lard, she is now perfectly well. It was, how-