The mechanism of the ossicles of the ear and membrana tympani / by H. Helmholtz ; translated from the German, with the author's permission, by Albert H. Buck and Normand Smith.

  • Hermann von Helmholtz
Date:
1873
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Credit: The mechanism of the ossicles of the ear and membrana tympani / by H. Helmholtz ; translated from the German, with the author's permission, by Albert H. Buck and Normand Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    NOTICE. Prof. Helmholtz's essay on The Mechanism of the Ossicles of the Ear and Membrana Tympani, originally published in the ]st volume of Pfliiger's Archiv far Physiologic, Bonn, 1869, is the only treatise in any language which enters fully into the anatomical, physio- logical, and mathematical aspects of the question, and will undoubtedly remain for many years to come the authoritative treatise on this subject. In view of the great importance of this essay to those interested in the department of otology, the undersigned have attempted to trauslate it into English. The style of writing of the distinguished physiologist is so exceedingly condensed that some allowance will be made, we trust, for the evident lack of smoothness in the English version. A. H. B. and N. S.