The diseases of the ear : their nature, diagnosis, and treatment / With a supplement by James Hinton.

  • Toynbee, Joseph, 1815-1866.
Date:
1868
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    Condition of the ear in the four crises of measles :— (a.) Of the three who were deaf:— In 1 each ear was apparently normal. 1 each membrana tympani white and thick. 1 right ear, the membrana tympani dull; left ear, mem- brana tympani dull, and fallen in. (b.) In the patient who heard a clap of the hands, each mem- brana tympani was thick and white. Condition of the ear in the 35 cases of deafness produced by furious diseases, as teething, convulsions, hydrocephalus, a fall, fits, a fright, fye. :— In seventeen cases each ear appeared to be normal. In several of the others the membrana tympani was dull on the surface, opaque, or concave. In three cases it had fallen in; but in only two was it perforated : thus showing a marked dif- ference between the effects of these diseases and those of scarlet fever; where it will be remembered that, in 20 out of 36 cases, each membrana tympani was either absent or perforated. I will give, first, the condition of the ears in the patients entirely deaf, and then the condition of those having various degrees of hearing. (a.) Condition of the ears in the 26 patients who were entirely deaf:— 14 appeared natural. In 2 each membrana tympani was dull. 3 „ ,, opaque. 4 „ „ concave. 1 „ ,, fallen in. 1 one ear appeared natural; in the other the membrana tympani was fallen in. 1 in one ear the membrana tympani was opaque; in the other it was absent. In the case where the clap of the hands was heard, each ear appeared to be natural. (b.) Of the 3 who heard a shout:— 1 appeared to be natural. In 1 each membrana tympani was opaque. I) D