The use of the laryngoscope in diseases of the throat : with an appendix on rhinoscopy / by Morell Mackenzie.

  • Morell Mackenzie
Date:
1871
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    aside as useless.* In a short time, his superior genius, untiring perseverance, and natural dex- terity, enabled him to overcome all difficulties. When the dentist's mirror passed into the hands of Dr. Czermak, the examination of the larynx was dependent—so to speak—on the clock and the barometer—and he soon relieved it from both these troublesome monitors. Artificial light was substituted for the uncertain rays of the sun; the large ophthalmoscopic mirror of Euete was used for concentrating the luminous rays ; the awkward hinge which united the laryngeal mirror to its stem was dispensed with ; and mirrors were made of different sizes. Thus it was that Czermak created the art of laryngoscopy. Others before him had contrived instruments, with which they had sometimes succeeded in inspecting the interior of the larynx, but the tools fitted for the art of laryngoscopy were not constructed before his time. His first publication appeared in March 1858,j* and a month later a very important paper of his was brought before the Academy of Sciences of Vienna.]: In claiming for Czermak the honour of * Professor Brucke's Letter to Czermak. Selected Mono- graphs : New Syd. Soc, vol. xi. t Wien. Medizin. Wochenschrift. + Physiolog. Unters. mit Garcia's Kehlkopfspiegel, mit iii. Tafeln. Sitzber. d. k. k. Akademie d. Wiss. in Wien, vom 29