The Anatomy of the human ear : illustrated by a series of engravings, of the natural size : with a treatise on the diseases of that organ, the causes of deafness, and their proper treatment / by the late John Cunningham Saunders.

  • Saunders, John Cunningham, 1773-1810.
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Credit: The Anatomy of the human ear : illustrated by a series of engravings, of the natural size : with a treatise on the diseases of that organ, the causes of deafness, and their proper treatment / by the late John Cunningham Saunders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES PLATE I. This Figure represents a section of the Cranium and Face, made for the purpose of shewing, in one view, the Meatus Externus, the Membrana Tympani, and Eustachian Tube, that the relative position of these parts may be distinctly comprehended. The right side of the Face Is removed by means of two sections, a longitudinal and a transverse, the former of which is made a little on the right of the Septum Nasi, the latter a little before, and parallel with the Meatus Exter- nus. The two sections incline towards each other, and meet at an obtuse angle. The right side of the Velum Palati Mollis is separated from the bony palate, and the Pharynx preserved and dis- played in a lateral view. The anterior part of the Meatus Externus is opened from the beginning of the Tragus to the Membrana Tym-