The modern treatment of diseases of the heart : a manual of clinical therapeutics / by Prof. Dujardin-Beaumetz ; translated from the fourth French edition by E.P. Hurd.

Date:
1887
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    C.-MEMBRANA TYMPANI. Myringitis.—Eleven cases presented themselves for treatment. This condition was invariably caused by trauma or bv sea-bathing, and was characterized by congestion of the dermic lining of the drumhead, pain, and tinnitus aurium. Treatment.—In all of the cases the congestion rapidly subsided under the internal administration of the tincture of aconite in small doses. Rupture of the Membrana Tympani.-Twelve Cases. The causes recorded were, sudden concussion, or compression of the air in the external auditory canal, from falls on the auricle, or blows of the hand, as in boxing the ears. The number of cases produced in the latter way are quite considerable, and since the assailant is liable to damages, as shown by several suits in the New Youk courts, where from five to twenty-five thousand dollars damages have been claimed, and recovery made for a smaller sum, it is to be hoped that this cruel practice will be less frequent. A few cases were noted occurring in catarrhal patients with diseased drum-heads, from forcibly blow- ing the nose. The symptoms of this accident were: sudden deafness, tinnitus aurium, vertigo, and haemor- rhage, or serous discharge from the ear; on in- spection, the line of fracture could often be seen, usually in the anterior-inferior quadrant. Most of these cases recovered satisfactorily; but in a few,