Observations on the effects of mercury on the organs of hearing, and the improper use of it in cases of nervous deafness / [William 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 / [William Wright]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    As the secondary effects of mercury are oftentimes paralysis, the portio mollis, or soft portion of the au- ditory nerve, whose delicate filaments float in such a sensitive medium, and even the membranes of the fenestra rotunda, ovata, and membrana tympani, being all supplied with nervous and muscular sen¬ sibility, may become affected with incipient paralysis. Stimulants in general, and none more than mercury, produce, in their secondary effects, a corresponding debility* thus the nervous system of these parts being so sensible, may more frequently suffer, and, from their complexity of formation, are less under¬ stood than other and more tangible parts of the system. Medicine may here be called in to aid the cure: and by the exhibition of the various kinds of correctors to this baneful mineral,—more ma¬ nageable stimulants,—and other methods, according to the circumstances of the case, I hope in my next work to be able to show that these patients are not deprived of all chance of relief; but, on the contrary, they may reasonably hope to re-enter into the business and enjoyments of life, and again join in social intercourse with their fellow mortals. FINIS. • j . .. . > ■ *' J. Davy, Printer, Queen Street, Seven Dial**