A clinical manual of the diseases of the ear / by Laurence Turnbull.

  • Turnbull, Laurence, 1821-1900.
Date:
1872
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Credit: A clinical manual of the diseases of the ear / by Laurence Turnbull. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER XX. RESUME OF THE SIMPLEST AND MOST EFFECTUAL METHOD OF TREATING THE MORE FREQUENT AFFECTIONS OF THE EAR. For the benefit of those whose active employment in gen- eral practice renders it impossible for them to obtain a more complete knowledge of the subject, the author has added a resume of the simplest and most effectual methods of treating those more frequent and curable affections of the ear, which, without proper attention, are liable to cause deafness. To those who would give more attention to the subject, he would recommend the perusal of this and other works. He has also had prepared a compact box containing the most neces- sary instruments and apparatus, which may be obtained at a very moderate cost of Messrs. Kolbe or Gemrig, of Philadel- phia. A view of this is given at Fig. 106. Fig. 106. The most important instruments are the mirror of Yon Troltsch, and the conical tubular specula of Dr. Gruber, of Vienna. The latter are three or four in number, of different