The nature and causes of catarrhal, "throat", or hereditary deafness : an explanation of paracusis willisii the mechanism of aural accommodation, the regulation of labyrinthine fluid pressure, the tightening of relaxed tympanic membrances and joints, the relief of tinnitus aurium with the description of a new method of treatment and some illustrative cases / by Charles J. Heath.

  • Heath, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1856-1934
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[1912]
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Credit: The nature and causes of catarrhal, "throat", or hereditary deafness : an explanation of paracusis willisii the mechanism of aural accommodation, the regulation of labyrinthine fluid pressure, the tightening of relaxed tympanic membrances and joints, the relief of tinnitus aurium with the description of a new method of treatment and some illustrative cases / by Charles J. Heath. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Study of the auditory apparatus must perforce lead the observer to the conclusion that hearing is the function, not of the tympanum, but of Note 74—continued Mr. C. D. of E.,* who was anxious for me to go in for your special treatment. The result is that I now have perfect hearing. I think the treatment is wonderful, more especially as every other Aural Specialist pronounces deafness with Paracusis as incurable. Your treatment should prove of inestimable benefit to thousands like myself, who otherwise had only the prospect of getting much deafer. Mr. C. D. was more than kind to me, and I feel that I can never repay all he has done. At the same time I thought I must write and thank you for the treatment also.” It is not often (as in this case) that the gratitude of a patient extends beyond the surgeon who affords the relief.] [* One of those Provincial Aural Surgeons whom it has been my privilege to instruct. In compliance with numerous applications for instruction in the pathology and conservative surgery of the ear which have reached me since my resignation from the staff of the Throat Hospital, I have decided to resume the teaching of these subjects, and have, therefore, provided accommodation for, and am now organising, an Otological Clinic, in order to facilitate the giving of lectures and operative demonstrations. Both are necessary if the younger surgeons are accurately to realise when and how it is their duty to intervene (especially in cases of aural suppuration) if they are regularly to prevent disease from destroying the hearing; if the safety of the hearing is assured, the question of danger to life will hardly ever arise. Although private Clinics are