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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    be used with proper caution by the deaf. I have so often expressed my opinion of the deleterious effects of calomel and all other mercurial preparations in deaf- ness, and in such decided terms, that I need not now do more than refer to the subject. I would also caution my medical brethren against the administration of quinine in cases of deafness. I have so frequently seen an increase of the malady fol- low the use of this powerful tonic, that in my own practice I rarely prescribe it, and then only in very sméll doses. I would not be thought to say one word in disparage- ment of general practitioners in medicine and surgery, but it is often said that those who give much of their attention to one particular subject are apt to fall into error, from taking narrow and restricted views of the cases which come before them, and that their treat- ment is often confined from not sufficiently taking into account the mutual dependence and connexion between the different organs of the body. But upon this point it may fairly be replied that those engaged in the general treatment of disease are also apt to fall into a contrary error, and in arguing from the general to the parti- cular, are liable to go wrong from treating special organs, such as the ear, upon general principles alone. It has often been pointed out as a subject of much interest, that there are certain persons with impaired hearing, who hear infinitely better in a loud noise than in a quiet situation. J know many persons intensely deaf who can hear very tolerably during an incessant din, which renders a healthy ear quite insensible to ordinary conversation. Itard is well known to have founded upon this fact a mode of treating the deaf, by
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