Deafness practically illustrated / [James Yearsley].

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

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    CHAPTER VII. STATISTICS OF DEAFNESS, From the earliest period at which I came to be con- sulted in cases of deafness, I have never omitted to take notes of the most important features of every case. I was aware that my attention had become directed to a subject upon which little could be learned by reference to the opinions and practice of my predecessors, and I may say, even of my contemporaries. I therefore felt I must depend upon my own powers of observa- tion and judgment, however humble, to guide me in the choice of remedies, and a comprehension of the na- ture of aural disease. I have used the opportunities presented to me to the best of my ability, and have stated the conclusions I have been led to form, and the reasons upon which they are founded. On no subject, in the whole range of medicine, does there, I am per- suaded, exist so much misapprehension and error as on diseases of the ear. My highest ambition will be gra- tified, if in these pages I have contributed to the sim- plification of the subject, or brought it more within the notice and control of the general practitioner. At this date (July, 1847), more than five thousand five hundred patients have been entered on the books of the Metropolitan Ear Institution, with memoranda of their age, their residence, their occupation, day of ad-
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