Volume 1

System of diseases of the ear, nose, and throat / edited by Charles H. Burnett.

Date:
1893
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: System of diseases of the ear, nose, and throat / edited by Charles H. Burnett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. The close anatomical and pathological relations existing between the ear, the nose, and the throat often render it necessary that diseases of the'se organs be treated by the same hand, whether it be that of the general practitioner or that of the specialist. And even in the practice of the aurist, the rhinologist, or the laryngologist, cases must present themselves where a knowledge of the morbid processes in all of these organs is absolutely necessary for the proper treatment of special mala- dies in any one of them. These weighty facts have rendered it very desirable that a systematic work should be prepared which should present at one view a consideration of the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the ear, of the nose, and of the throat, thus freeing the practitioner from the necessity of referring to separate treatises upon any one of these special departments of medical and surgical science. Therefore the editor of this system has endeavored to place before the profession a practical work on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of ' the ear, the nose, the naso pharynx, the pharynx, and the larynx, com- posed of papers by eminent authorities upon the various subdivisions named. In these papers the authors have aimed to give practical con- clusions arrived at by other investigators and by themselves, rather than to discuss theories. The entire system is comprised in two volumes, the first volume being devoted to the ear, the nose, and the naso-pharynx, while the second volume is occupied with the consideration of the diseases of the pharynx and of the larynx. The editor feels that he cannot adequately express his appreciation of the hearty co-operation in this undertaking which the authors of the papers In the system have so generously accorded him. He can only