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, or as they affect the external, the intermediate and the internal ear / By John Harrison Curtis.

  • Curtis, John Harrison, 1778-approximately 1860.
Date:
1817
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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, or as they affect the external, the intermediate and the internal ear / By John Harrison Curtis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    via simple, and of limited extent. As improve- ment took place, this department became gradually enlarged ; and in point ot science and principle, as it is now cultivated, it stands on a firmer basis than Medicine. For the benefit of society, it has been subdi- vided, by its professors, into various depart- ments, which, by calling for a more minute attention to particular subjects, has enlarged our views of them, and made us more capable of affording effectual relief, under circumstances formerly considered as beyond the reach of the Healing Art. The benefit which has resulted to man- kind from the exercise of the Oculist’s pro- fession as a distinct branch, is incalculable : the operations on that delicate organ, the eye, are now conducted with a nicety and success unknown in former times : the for- mation of an artificial pupil, as first invented