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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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    PAGE 2. Catheterization of the Eustachian Tube . . 84 Technic of Introducing Air into the Middle Ear for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Purposes . . 95 The Results of Auscultation in Normal and Patho- logical Conditions of the Middle Ear . . 98 The Methods of Injecting Fluids and Introducing Vapours into the Middle Ear through the Catheter . . . . . .101 3. The Author's Method for effecting the Permeability of the Eustachian Tube (Politzer's Method) . . 106 The Therapeutic Value of Politzerization as compared with the Valsalvan Method and Catheterization 112 The Methods of Examination and Treatment of the Middle Ear through the External Auditory Canal 116 The Rarefaction and Condensation of Air in the External Auditory Canal . . . 116 The Rarefaction of Air in the External Auditory Canal ...... 117 The Condensation of Air in the External Auditory Canal . . . . . . 119 C. The Tests for Hearing . . . . . .123 A. Testing the Power of Perception for the Waves of Sound transmitted through the Air to the Membrana Tympani . . . . ' .123 1. Testing the Acuteness of Hearing for Simple Tones 123 a. Testing the Acuteness of Perception for the Watch and Acoumeter . . . 123 b. Testing the Perception for Musical Tones conducted through the Air . . .126 c. Experiment of the Author to Test the Percep- tion for the Tone of the Tuning-fork through the Eustachian Tube . .132 2. Testing the Hearing for Speech . . . 133 B. Testing the Perception for the Waves of Sound con- ducted to the Ear through the Cranial Bones . 138 1. Testing with the Watch and Acoumeter . . 13S 2. Testing with the Tuning-fork (Schwabach's Method) 140 1. Testing the Duration of Perception through the Cranial Bones .... 140 2. Weber's Test . . . . .141 3. Rinne's Test . . . . .143 4. Gelle's Test . . . . .146 D. The Method of Examining the Patient .... 148 Diseases of the Sound-conducting Apparatus .... 160 Diseases of the External Ear ....... 160 I. Anomalies of Secretion in the External Auditory Meatus . . 160 II. The Diseases of the Skin of the External Ear .... 164 1. Hyperaemia of the External Ear . . . .164 2. The Inflammations of the External Ear . . . .165 A. Dermatitis of the Auricle ..... 165 B. Inflammations of the External Auditory Canal . . 169 1. Follicular Inflammation of the External Auditory Canal ...... 169 2. Diffuse Inflammation of the External Auditory Canal . . . . . .173 3. Otitis Externa Hsemorrhagica . . .177 4. Croupous and Diphtheritic Inflammation of the External Auditory Canal .... 178 5. Parasitic Inflammation of the External Auditory Canal ...... 181 C. Eczema of the External Ear .... 185 D. Herpes Zoster ...... 193 E. Lupus . . . . . . .194 E. Cutaneous Syphilis of the External Ear . . . 198