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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    b. Catheterization of the Eustachian Tube . . .88 1. Topographical Kelations of the Pharyngeal Orifice of the Eustachian Tube . . . . .89 2. Choice of Catheter . . . . .91 3. Method of Catheterizing the Eustachian Tube . . 92 4. Mistakes in Catheterization . . . .97 5. Modifications of Catheterization in Cases of Congenital or Pathological Obstacles in the Naso-Pharynx . 98 6. Methods of Propelling Air into the Middle Ear by the Catheter for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Purposes . 101 Results of Auscultation in Normal and Pathological Conditions of the Middle Ear . . . . .104 7. Methods of Injection of Eluid and of the Introduction of Vapours into the Middle Ear through the Catheter 108 c. The Author's Method of making the Eustachian Tube Permeable. (Politzer's Method) . . . .113 The Therapeutic Value of the Author's Method (Politzerizing) as compared with the Valsalvan Method and Catheterization 120 Methods of Examination and Treatment of the Middle Ear through the External Meatus a. Rarefaction of Air in the External Meatus . 6. Condensation of Air in the External Meatus C. Tests for Hearing . ... A. Testing the Acuteness of the Perception of Sound-waves trans- mitted through the Air to the Membrana Tympani . 1. Testing the Sharpness of Hearing for Simple Tones 2. Testing the Hearing-power for Speech . B. Testing the Perception of the Waves of Sound conducted to th< Ear through the Cranial Bones 1. Testing with the Watch and the Acoumeter 2. Testing with the Tuning-fork . C. Method of Examining the Patient Diseases oe the Sound-conducting Appakatus L Diseases of the Exteknal Ear .... i. Anomalies of Secretion in the External Auditory Meatus ii. Diseases of the Skin of the External Ear A. Hypersemia of the External Ear B. Inflammations of the External Ear Dermatitis of the Auricle .... B. Inflammation of the External Auditory Meatus . 1. Follicular Inflammation of the External Auditory Meatus 2. Diffuse Inflammation of the External Auditory Meatus 3. Otitis Externa Hemorrhagica 4. Croupous and Diphtheritic Inflammation of the External Auditory Meatus .... 5. Parasitic Inflammation of the External Auditory Meatus— Mycosis of the External Meatus C. Eczema of the External Ear .... D. Herpes Zoster ...... E. Lupus . ...... F. Syphilitic Inflammation of the External Ear iii. Diseases of the Perichondrium and Cartilag- of the Auricle and Ex ternal Meatus . . . 1. Othematoma 2. Perichondritis of the Auricle iv. Contractions and Adhesions of the External Auditory Meatus v. Foreign Bodies in the Ear ..... II. The Diseases of the Middle Ear .... A. The Diseases of the Membrana Tympani Survey of the Histological Changes in the Membrana Tympani 1, Changes in the Epidermic Layer of the Membrana Tympani