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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    Hovel], T. Mark, Catheterization of the Eustachian Tube. Brit. Med. Jour., Oct. 22, 1898, p. 1238. The author here pro- poses (1) that the gauge of the Eustachian catheter be that of the French catheter gauge; (2) that the length of the curve of the instrument be expressed in millimeters, the number indicating the distance the curve separates two parallel lines. Hovell, T. Mark, Catheterization of the Eustachian Tubes. Archives of Otol. XXVIll., 1899, pp. 51-52. The need of a uniformity of scale in the measurements of Eustachian catheter is stated. Hubbard, Thomas, An Apparatus of Precision for Inflating and Medicating the Tympanum. Archives of Otol., XXII., 1893, pp. 27-32. An instrument is described by which sterile air is used for politzeration or inflation of the Eusta- chian tubes. Jacobi, A., Otitis Media in Children. Arch, of Otol., XXXIV., 1905, pp. 90-101. Pyogenic microbes enter the middle ear chiefly by way of the Eustachian tube which R. O. Newman finds, even normally, contains microbes. They enter especial- ly when coughing, sneezing or vomiting. Mainly so when the nares are obstructed by swelling, by a membrane or by congenital occlusion. The vibrating epithelia of the tube become paralyzed in conditions of ill-nutrition, colds and atrophy. In the young, the Eustachian tube is shorter but wider both at the isthmus and at the tympanic orifice and the direction of the canal is almost horizontal. Joachim, Otto, Contribution to the Physiology of the Soft Palate Archives of Otology, XVIII., 1889, pp. 226-234. The entire nose was destroyed by syphilis in a case of the writer’s, giving easy view of the entire pharynx and mouths of the Eustachian tubes. The orifice of the left tube was im- pervious and occluded with a considerably reduced power of hearing on this side. The effect of various articulated sounds on the motions of the soft palate and Eustachian oriflce was carefully studied by the author. Kayser, R., Contribution to the Pathology and Treatment of Ob- jective Ear Noises which, according to their Mode of De- velopment, are divided into Tubal and Real Ear Noises. Trans. German Otol. Soc., 4th meeting, 1895. Arch, of Otol., XXIV., 1895, pp. 328-329. “The tubal noises are either