A treatise on the physiology and diseases of the ear ; containing a comparative view of its structure and functions, and of its various diseases, arranged according to the anatomy of the organ ... / by John Harrison Curtis.

  • Curtis, John Harrison, 1778-approximately 1860.
Date:
1826
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Credit: A treatise on the physiology and diseases of the ear ; containing a comparative view of its structure and functions, and of its various diseases, arranged according to the anatomy of the organ ... / by John Harrison Curtis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    but the cure was wholly effected by having de- tected and remedied the remote, yet indubitable source of the deafness. CASE XXIV. Susan Vaughan was admitted a patient of the Royal Dispensary, on the 6th of September. She complained of a violent pain in her left ear, which annoyed her exceedingly: the meatus audi- torius appeared considerably enlarged. By conti- nuing the use of a stimulating liniment by means of a bougie, she was surprised one morning to find a worm, nearly two inches long, come from her ear; and by continuing the use of the application, in the course of a week a second was ejected, leaving a discharge, which yielded in a little time to an astringent injection. Her hearing is now perfectly recovered. CASE XXV. Robert Cartwright had been deaf nine years when admitted a patient at the Royal Dispensary: