On deafness and noises in the ear arising from rheumatism, gout, and neuralgic headache / by William Harvey.

  • Harvey, William, 1807-1876.
Date:
1876
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Credit: On deafness and noises in the ear arising from rheumatism, gout, and neuralgic headache / by William Harvey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Section I. SYMPTOMS OF RHEUMATIC INFLAMMATION OF THE EAR. It is but seldom that rheumatism of the ear or its appendages presents itself to the practitioner as a primary disease. The ear in general does not seem to be implicated until after the subsidence of the rheumatic affection of the joints, and sometimes even not until convalescence is somewhat advanced. The patient, after suffering for a longer or shorter time from the usual symptoms indicating a rheumatic attack affecting the larger joints, whether it be or be not the first time that he labours under that disease, begins to suffer from some undefined, unaccustomed sensations ahout one side of the head. The scalp generally is tender, and sometimes exceedingly painful on pressure, even on the slightest touch of the comb or brush to the hair. The temple on that side, all the parts about the ear, the mastoid process, the neighbouring portion of the cheek, and even the teeth, are the seat of a morbid sensation, with con- siderable pain; and the patient complains also of a deep, heavy noise in the ear, of a most distressing character. Occasionally the hair falls off, and the patient becomes bald. On making an examination of the ear, the lining membrane of the meatus, and