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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    INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS. During the course of a very extensive practice, having been frequently consulted by persons who became totally deprived of hearing, in consequence of exposure to cold, or damp air, during their use of mercury, and finding the numbers of these unfor¬ tunate patients very much increasing, I feel it a duty which I owe to the profession, to whom I am under so many obligations, to call their attention to the subject; and if my reasoning is found correct, they will, no doubt, liberally and humanely join in the endeavour to prevent such frequent recurrence of this evil. On this species of deafness, I shall make further remarks, in an analysis of all the methods of treating Deafness, or Diseases of the Ears, that have obtained in this countrv, or on the continent, which I am preparing for the press, containing a condensed trans¬ lation of the work of M. Itard, recently published in Paris; but, as it will be necessarily some time before the portion of the work upon these cases can appear, I have considered that the publication of these obser¬ vations might be more immediately useful; should such be the consequence, and only one victim be saved, my labour will be amply rewarded. 15, Princes Street, JJanover Square, August 31sf, 1822. W, WRIGHT