Diseases of the ear : a text-book for practitioners and students of medicine / by Edward Bradford Dench.

  • Dench, Edward Bradford, 1864-1936.
Date:
1900
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Credit: Diseases of the ear : a text-book for practitioners and students of medicine / by Edward Bradford Dench. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    CONTENTS. SECTION I. THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE EAR. CHAPTER I. PAGES The Anatomy of the Ear 3-47 The auricle—The external meatus—The bony meatus—The tym- panic cavity—The ossicles—The intratympanic ligaments—The membrana tympani—The epithelial investment of the conducting apparatus—Intratympanic folds—The muscles—The arteries—The veins—The lymphatics—The nerves—The bony labyrinth—The membranous labyrinth—The saccule and utricle—The membranous cochlea—The vascular supply of the labyrinth—The auditory nerve. CHAPTER II. The Physiology of the Ear *. . 48-72 Sound—Function of the membrana tympani—Function of the ossi- cles—Function of the muscles—Function of the cochlea and semi- circular canals—Effect of tympanic changes upon the labyrinth— Effect of stimuli upon the auditory nerve—Reflex phenomena— Secondary phenomena—Hyperaesthesia and paraesthesia. CHAPTER III. Physical Examination 73-141 Preliminary observations—Source of illumination—The Reflecting Mirror—Specula—Technique of Examination—Appearance of the meatus and membrana tympani—Obstacles to examination—Tym- panic topography—Politzerization —Catheterization—Auscultatory sounds—Obstacles to catheterization—Dangers of catheterization— The examination of the nose and throat—The history. CHAPTER IV. Functional Examination 142-170 Quantitative tests—Qualitative tests—Bone conduction—Differential diagnosis—Precautionary measures—Irregular phenomena—Special tests—Galvanic reaction of the auditory nerve.