A text-book of the diseases of the ear for students and practitioners / by Adam Politzer ; tr. at the personal request of the author and ed. by Milton J. Ballin and Clarence L. Heller.

  • Politzer, Adam, 1835-1920.
Date:
1903
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Credit: A text-book of the diseases of the ear for students and practitioners / by Adam Politzer ; tr. at the personal request of the author and ed. by Milton J. Ballin and Clarence L. Heller. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CONTENTS The Anatomical Division of the Ear 1. The Sound-conducting Apparatus 2. The Sound-perceiviDg Apparatus The Anatomy and Physiology of the Sound-conducting Apparatus I. The External Ear .... A. The Auricle .... B. The External Auditory Canal . a. The Cartilagino-membranous Meatus b. The Osseous Meatus c. The Lining Membrane of the External Auditory Canal d. The Vessels and Nerves of the Auricle and External Auditory Canal . e. The Size, Length, and Direction of the External Auditory Canal ..... II. The Middle Ear ..... 1. The Tympanic Cavity .... a. The Membrana Tympani . b. The Superior Wall of the Tympanic Cavity c. The Inferior Wall of the Tympanic Cavity d. The Posterior Wall of the Tympanic Cavity e. The Anterior Wall of the Tympanic Cavity The Inner Wall of the Tympanic Cavity . The Ossicles The Articulations of the Ossicles . The Ligaments of the Ossicles The Intra-tympanic Muscles The Lining of the Tympanic Cavity in. The Vessels and Nerves of the Tympanic Cavity 2. The Eustachian Tube .... 3. The Mastoid Process .... The Topography of the Sound-conducting Apparatus The Physiology of the Sound-conducting Apparatus . A. The Auricle ..... B. The Conduction of Sound in the External Auditory Canal C. The Propagation of Sound through the Membrana Tympani and the Ossicles D. The Physiology of the Eustachian Tube E. On the Influence of the Variations of Air-pressure in the Tympanic Cavity on the Tension of the Contents of the Labyrinth ...... F. The Function of the Intra-tympanic Muscles . The Methods of Physical Examination of the Organ of Hearing A. The Examination of the External Auditory Canal and Tympanic Membrane .... B. Methods of Examination of the Middle Ear Mechanical Action of Currents of Air introduced into the Tympanic Cavity in Diseases of the Middle Ear 1. Valsalva's Method TAGK ] 1 1 2 2 3 3 5 9 12 12 13 20 22 23 24 24 26 29 31 33 35 37 38 44 50 54 54 55 55 61 64 65 m 66 82