Politzer's text-book of the diseases of the ear and adjacent organs : for students and practitioners / translated by Oscar Dodd ; edited by Sir William Dalby.

  • Politzer, Adam, 1835-1920.
Date:
1894
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Credit: Politzer's text-book of the diseases of the ear and adjacent organs : for students and practitioners / translated by Oscar Dodd ; edited by Sir William Dalby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE Anatomical Division of the Ear ..... l The Anatomy and Physiology of the Sound-conducting Apparatus . 2 I. The External Ear ....... 2 A. The Auricle ....... 2 B. The External Meatus ...... 3 a. Its Cartilaginous Portion . . . . .4 b. Osseous Meatus ...... 5 c. The Lining Membrane of the External Meatus . . 9 d. Vessels and Nerves of the Auricle and of the External Meatus 10 e. Size and Direction of the External Meatus . . .11 II. The Middle Ear . . . . . . 13 A. The Tympanic Cavity . . . . . .13 a. The Membrana Tympani . . . . .14 b to /. Walls of the Tympanic Cavity . . . .21 g. Ossicula . . . . . . .27 h. Articulation of the Ossicula . . . . .29 i. Ligaments of the Ossicula . . . . .31 k. Intra-tympanic Muscles . . . . .33 I. Lining Membrane . . . . . .35 m. Vessels and Nerves . . . . . .37 B. The Eustachian Tube . . . . . .39 a. The Osseous Portion of the Eustachian Tube . . 40 b. The Cartilaginous Portion of the Eustachian Tube . . 41 C. The Mastoid Process . . . . . .45 D. Topography of the Sound-conducting Apparatus . . 51 Physiology of the Sound-conducting Apparatus . . . .55 A. Auricle . . . . . . . .55 B. Conduction of Sound in the External Meatus . . . 56 C. Propagation of Sound through the Membrana Tympani, and through the Ossicula . . . . . .57 a. Application of the Results to the Pathology of the Ear . 57 D. Physiology of the Eustachian Tube . . . .63 E. Application to the Pathology of the Ear . . .66 F. The Influence of the Variations of the Air-pressure in the Tympanic Cavity upon the Tension of the Contents of the Labyrinth . . . . . . .66 G. Function of the Intra-tympanic Muscles . . .68 The Methods of Physical Examination of the Organ of Hearing . . . . . . .70 A. The Examination of the External Meatus and Membrana Tympani . . . . . . .70 [B. Methods of Examination of the Middle Ear . . .81 The Mechanical Action of Currents of Air introduced into the Tympanum in the Diseases of the Middle Ear . .82 a. Valsalvan Method . . . - 85