On the use of the artificial membrana tympani in cases of deafness, depending upon perforation or destruction of the natural organ : with an introduction / by F.A. von Moschzisker.

  • Moschzisker, F. A. von (Franz Adolph)
Date:
1857
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Credit: On the use of the artificial membrana tympani in cases of deafness, depending upon perforation or destruction of the natural organ : with an introduction / by F.A. von Moschzisker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    r »7 ] CASES. Deafness for sixteen years, discharge from each ear for six years, aperture in each membrana tympani; power of hearing restored. Peter Turnbull, set. forty-three, formerly in the army, from which he was discharged on account of his deafness, was admitted, under my care, on the 12th of January, I802. He stated that sixteen years ago, without any other assignable cause than a cold, he became slowly dull of hearing, and five or six years since he perceived a discharge from both ears, which has continued up to the present time. The power of hearing has been gradually diminishing, so that, at present, he reqnires speaking to loud, close to his head. Upon examination, an aperture between one and two lines in diameter was observed in each membrana tympani, and the mucous membrane of the tympanum, which was the source of the discharge, was more thick and red than natural. The treatment consisted in keeping up counter-irritation over each mastoid process, and in the use of an injection composed of three grains of acetate of zinc, to an ounce of water. Under this treatment, he somewhat improved, but the hearing still remained so defective that he was precluded from following any avocation. In the cc.m- mencement of June, I experimented on this patient with