Selected monographs : Czermak on the practical uses of the laryngoscope. Dusch on thrombosis of the cerebral sinuses. Schroeder van der Kolk on atrophy of the brain. Radicke on the application of statistics to medical enquiries. Esmarch on the uses of cold in surgical practice.

  • New Sydenham Society.
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1861
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Credit: Selected monographs : Czermak on the practical uses of the laryngoscope. Dusch on thrombosis of the cerebral sinuses. Schroeder van der Kolk on atrophy of the brain. Radicke on the application of statistics to medical enquiries. Esmarch on the uses of cold in surgical practice. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LARYNGOSCOPE AXD TTS EMPI.OYMEXT IN PHYSTOLOGY AND IN MEDICINE. OHAPTEE I. HISTORY. The present is not the first occasion that, by the aid of a mirror attached to the end of a stem, and placed at the back part of the mouth, the study of the larynx in the living has been conceived, for the purpose of illustrating its physiology and patliology. Already in 1840, Liston^ mentioned the successful emplojnnent of this instrument in medical practice; and in 1855, Garcia'^ published a series of laryngoscopic researches as to the formation of the voice. Nevertheless, it seems that the observations of Liston have been completely forgotten, and that the brilliant results obtained by Garcia, viewed by prejudice, have excited only mistrust and doubt. 1 'Practical Surgery/ with 50 engravings ou wood, byEobt. Listou, Esq., London, 1840, p. 417 : Ulcerated glottis.—A view of the parts may be some- times obtained by means of a speculum ; such a glass is iised by dentists on a long stalk, previously dipped in hot water, introduced with its reflecting sur- face downwards, and carried well into the fauces. - Observations on the Human Voice. (' Philosoph. Magazine and Journal of Science,' vol. x, p. 218, and 'Gazette Hebdomadaire,' i6th November, 1855, No, 46.)