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Credit: Deafness practically illustrated / [James Yearsley]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Deafness practically illustrated / [James Yearsley]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![been answered. I need scarcely say that, in conse- quence, I possess a mass of information in respect to deafness, which enables me to advance opinions upon the subject with a confidence in their truth which such advantages only could justify. | I am well aware that the patients’ histories of their own cases are not always to be relied on; but although inaccuracies will inevitably creep in, I am_ satisfied that sufficient data may be gathered from their state- ments to set at rest facts hitherto uncertain and dis- puted. The accumulation of many analogous facts sometimes elicits unlooked-for results; and precon- ceived notions and recorded prior experience are, to our surprise, falsified and upset. Such, I may truly mercurial medicines, anxiety of mind, are amongst the most com- mon causes of deafness. If not attributable to either of these, state the most probable canse |] —- State the distance at which a watch is ordinarily heard to tick opposite each ear. (To ascertain this point, let the watch approach the ear from a distance, and not commence at the ear as is usually done.) — State whether a discharge of matter issues, or at any period of the complaint has issued, from the passage of the ear. — State whether the complaint is attended by noises in the ears, and if so, describe them? — Is there any obstruction of the nose? or difficulty of swallowing ? — Are you subject to cough ? to sore throat? to fits of sneezing? to hoarseness? or to loss of voice ? — If you have ever suffered from illness, state when, and the nature of it, and the medical treatment (as far as you are able) to which you were subjected? —Is there any other member of your family deaf? [Father or mother, sister or brother, uncle or aunt, or any of their children.] — Does the hearing vary in degree ? — Is the complaint influenced by the weather—by your state of health or mind? — Have you ever recovered the hearing for a short or long time ? — State whether anything, and what, has been previously done—under whose direction, and what has been the result ? — Re- late any other facts connected with the case with which the surgeon should be acquainted.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29297205_0160.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
