A text-book of the diseases of the ear / by Josef Gruber ; translated from the second German edition by special permission of the author, and edited by Edward Law and by Coleman Jewell.

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1890
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    XV. u PAGES 7. Neoplasms of the labyrinth. New connective-tissue formations.—Fibroma.—Sarcoma.— Cholesteatoma.—Epithelial carcinoma.—Calcareous deposits in periosteum of internal auditory canal.—Psammoma. Symptoms and appearances of labyrinthine new formations. Diagnosis. Prognosis and treatment 534—535 8. Atrophy of the auditory nerve. Causation. Microscopical appearances. Amyloid degeneration. Ectasia of internal auditory canal 535—536 CHAPTER XX. Other Affections which may call forth Morbid Phenomena in connection with the Ear. 1. Diseases of the brain and its membranes.—{a) Hyperaemia and anajmia of the brain. — (b) Meningitis. Cerebro-spinal meningitis. Pachymeningitis haemorrhagica.— (c) Changes in the intra-cranial vessels: embolism ; aneurysm.—(</) Apoplectic extravasations.—(e) Hydrocephalus.—(/ Cerebral tumours.—(g) Syphiloma.— (h) Tuberculosis of the intra-cranial structures ' 537—54° Nervous auditory derangements. Localisation of region of audition: theories of Munk, Christian!, and Goltz. Cortical deafness. Loss of the psychological perception of sounds (psychic deafness, word deafness, sensoric aphasia). Strieker's theory . 541--542 2. Diseases of the spinal cord 542 3. Mumps 542 543 4. Diabetes .....■••••••■ 543 544 5. Leukaemia Neuroses of the sound-perceiving apparatus. Intensified sensibility to sound (hyperacusis, oxyecoia). Nervous impairment of hearing and nervous deafness: causation. Hysterical deafness. Subjective auditory sensations (tinnitus): varieties : causation : relation to mental derangements. Reflex neuroses : clonic spasms of internal muscles. Prognosis and treatment of nervous auditory phenomena. Secondary sense- perceptions . 544 56° CHAPTER XXI. Deaf-Mutism. Nature of the condition. Congenital and acquired deaf-mutism. Etiology of acquired deaf-mutism. Relation of consanguinity of parents to deaf-mutism in offspring. Prognosis. Treatment. Observations upon the education of deaf-mutes . .561—564 Index of Authors Index • 57i