Deafness practically illustrated / [James Yearsley].

  • James Yearsley
Date:
[1849]
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Credit: Deafness practically illustrated / [James Yearsley]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    laid down when describing the management of deafness from an inflammatory condition of the throat and ear. During the stage of thickening and increased secre- tion within the ear, the kind of otorrhcea I have termed spontaneous sometimes occurs, the irritation extending from the middle ear to the external meatus. When this discharge exists it is of no great consequence, as has been supposed, to diagnose between the mucous and purulent varieties; they run one into the other, the purulent being usually subsequent to the mucous. The sudden arrest of such discharge should never be at- tempted; it generally produces an aggravation of the deafness, besides a liability to otitis and disorganization of the ear, or even still graver forms of disease. As- tringent injections always incur the danger of such evils, and therefore should never be used. They offer little temptation to their employment in any case, be- cause they never benefit the patient but by stopping the discharge, which, if done, is at considerable hazard, and is of itself but the relief of a small part of the malady. In the treatment of otorrheea, I generally limit myself to the use of a solution of sulphate of zine and alum, one or two grains of each to the ounce of distilled rose- water, to be increased from time to time, but to a very slight degree. This I direct to be syringed into the meatus once or twice a day ‘This injec- tion, if perseveringly used for a month or two, will generally lessen or stop the discharge without injuring the sensibility of the membrana tympani. It may seem a tedious process, but there is no great incon- venience attending the treatment; and I know of no other mode of arresting external ear-discharge with- G
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