A study of some casts of the infantile pharynx : with special reference to the Eustachian tube ; A note on Eustachian obstruction ; Partial bibliography of recent papers relating to the Eustachian tube / by William C. Braislin.

  • Braislin, William C. (William Coughlin), 1865-1948.
Date:
1909
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Credit: A study of some casts of the infantile pharynx : with special reference to the Eustachian tube ; A note on Eustachian obstruction ; Partial bibliography of recent papers relating to the Eustachian tube / by William C. Braislin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ring are sensations of pressure, tension, slight sub- jective noises and occasional deafness. With use of Siegle’s etoscope the postero-sup. quadrant follows its compressions or rarefactions but immediately jerks into its former bulged position. The most precautions blowing of the nose produces a feeling of air striking the Mt.. There- fore no impediment to the entrance of air exists, but one to its exit. In G.’s cases catarrh of the naso-pharynx, hy- pertrophy of the mucous membrane, polypi or suppuration of the accessory cavities were found. Gradenigo, G., Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment of Progressive Deafness in Chronic Non-Suppurative Inflammation of the Middle Ear. Trans, by J. A. Spalding, Arch. Otol. XX., 1891, pp. 221-227. The contents of the tube were ex- amined to ascertain the presence or absence of bacterial life in this disorder. The examination was negative, the only species of bacteria found were a few individuals of the bacteria of putrefaction commonly found in the air. (The same observations, elaborated, occur Centralbl f. Bacteriol, und Parasitenkunde, VIII., 1890, p. 225. Gradle, H., On Headache from Overlooked Causes in the Naso- pharynx and Ears. Jour. Am. Med. Assn., Vol. XI., Sept. 8, 1888, pp. 339-3 40. G. considers a certain type of con- tinual headache, more commonly met in children, due to impaired patency of the Eustachian tubes. Gruber, J., On the Therapeutic Value of Injections of Medicated Solutions into the Eustachian Tube. Monatschirft fiir Ohrenheil, XIV, 1880, pp. 133-139. Solutions injected into the Eustachian tube soften, but do not dissolve mucus, so that it can then be more readily removed by catheter. They also benefit, by producing a new inflammation, in certain conditions. Gruber believes that injections detach synechiae extending from drum to tympanic walls or to ossicles even when air douche has not benefited. llaike, H., Tuberculosis Ear Disease in Nurslings. Deutsche Med. Wochenschr. [Vol. 31] 1905, pp. 954-957. In five fatal cases the duration of the lesion was several weeks or months. In two cases, the possibility of the infective sputum entering through the Eustachian tubes could not be excluded. In the others the ear lesion was primary. The port of entry was the mouth or pharynx. Moreover, the author states, the tube may itself be the seat of disease in nurslings, while in adults it is merely the path of tubercular sputum.