The diseases of the ear : their nature, diagnosis, and treatment / by Joseph Toynbee.

  • Joseph Toynbee
Date:
1860
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Credit: The diseases of the ear : their nature, diagnosis, and treatment / by Joseph Toynbee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CHAPTER IX. THE MEMBRANA TYMPANI {continued). PAGE The epidermoid layer—Dermoid layer—a, Acute inflammation—Treat- ment—Cases, b, Chronic inflammation—Cases, c, Ulceration—Cases. Fibrous laminae : a, Acute inflammation, b, Chronic] inflammation. c, Ulceration, d, Calcareous degeneration, e, Relaxation of the membrana tympani—Treatment—Cases.. .. .. .. 137 CHAPTER X. THE MEMBRANA TYMPANI (concluded). Perforation, causes—Physiological observations—Experiments previous to the formation of an artificial membrana tympani—On the artificial membrana tympani—The mode of applying it—Cases—Rupture of the membrana tympani — Physiological observations — Pathological observations—Cases .. .. .. .. .. ..159 CHAPTER XI. THE EUSTACHIAN TUBE. Anatomical observations—Physiological observations—Pathological ob- servations—Seat of obstruction in the Eustachian tube :—1, The faucial orifice. 2, The tympanic orifice. 3, Middle part.—Causes of obstruc- tion :—1, Thickened mucous membrance. 2, Relaxed mucous mem- brane, a, Obstruction of the faucial orifice from thickened mucous membrane—The exploration of the tube—The otoscope—Treatment— Use of the Eustachian catheter and of the explorer—The excision of the tonsils—Cases, b, Obstruction of the Eustachian tube at its faucial orifice from relaxed mucous membrane—Symptoms—Treat- ment—Cases, c, Obstruction of the Eustachian tube at the tympanic orifice from thickened mucous membrane—Symptoms—Treatment— On the operation of puncturing the membrana tympani. d, Obstruc- tion of the middle part of the Eustachian tube by mucus, by stricture, or by membranous bands .. .. .. .. ..188 CHAPTER XII. THE CAVITY OF THE TYMPANUM. Anatomical observations—Pathological observations—Diseases of the mucous membrane :—a, Congestion, b, Acute inflammation—Affect- ing the portia dura nerve—Extending to the brain—Scrofulous matter in the tympanic cavity, c, Chronic inflammation, d, Chronic ca- tarrhal inflammation, e, Chronic catarrhal inflammation extending to the bone, dura mater, or brain. /, Ulceration of the mucous membrane .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 225
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