Observations on the effects of mercury on the organs of hearing, and the improper use of it in cases of nervous deafness / by W. Wright.

  • Wright, William, 1773-1860.
Date:
1822
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Credit: Observations on the effects of mercury on the organs of hearing, and the improper use of it in cases of nervous deafness / by W. Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    act^ioa of the mercury in the ca<5e of Mr. B. in an^ other way, than that it produced some' clVarfffe^'^l^ ihe structure of parts adjacent to the nervei^-'*lf^^ hfs ^<jv^n' statement of the case is so ^iaiij, ®t; rt only matter of surprise he could Wrke it^ aiicf ^forij such an erroneous conclusion. This Mr. B. came to ^'^ syphilis, whic^ a^e^ b^ su(^h ulcerations of m lubt could be formed as to the case. laint ; and the namroation of the cuticmar linme: of the pharynx, yyherebj contraction took place in the orifices of the eustachian tubes, was of course relieved, when the cause which occasioned it ceased. . , The other six cases mentioned by Mr. Saunders were all men, or lads: and from the manner he men- tipns the whole of them, they appear ta be of the lower orders of society; probably affected with the same loathsome disease as Mr. B., but equally as de- ficient in candour as he was ; for it is to be observed, Mr. B. did not acquaint Mr. Saunders with the fac.t^- until ,he could no lono^er conceal it from.him, and it was only after the discovery of the true nature of the complaint that mercury was recommended. But ]\^r, Saunders probably never knew the real state of the other six patients, as he commenced the treatnient of ^jjiem by doses of mercury, which would destroy the I^^nt; symptoms, and, prevent the real nature of the e fi-om being known r and this reasoning does nd,t |i|)pear hypothetical, for Mr, Saunders after,wards acknowledged that he had completely' failed ih