Author: D. B. St. John Roosa

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Published: 2015-07-10

Total Pages: 746

ISBN-13: 9781331105961

Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Ear, Including a Sketch of Aural Anatomy and Physiology In this edition, certain changes and additions have been made, which it is hoped will increase the value of the book. Such additions will be especially observed, in the discussion of the relation of diseases of the nose and throat to the ear, the value of operations upon the drum-head and ossicles, as well as in the history and practice of operations upon the mastoid. Minor changes have also been made in many parts of the book, and a new and more complete index has been made by Dr. Frank N. Lewis. The last edition was translated into German by Dr. Ludwig Weiss, and published in Berlin by August Hirschwald. The author sincerely hopes that his book may continue to find readers, not only among students of medicine, but among practitioners as well, for, although otology has made great strides in the last decade, it still lags behind many departments of our science and art, in the estimation and knowledge of the profession at large. Even among specialists, who are devoted to otology and fields not remote from it, a wider knowledge of what has been done for diseases of the ear, would sometimes be of service in lessening the quantity of literature upon well discussed themes. I therefore hope that this book may not be anywhere considered as an elementary work, suitable only for undergraduates in medicine. In many parts it consists rather of a series of monographs intended for specialists as well as for general practitioners. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.