Author : Gustav Alexander
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332053766
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (537 download)
Book Synopsis Diseases of the Ear in Childhood (Classic Reprint) by : Gustav Alexander
Download or read book Diseases of the Ear in Childhood (Classic Reprint) written by Gustav Alexander and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Diseases of the Ear in Childhood Almost every year new text-books on Otology are published, descriptive of the rapid progress and status of this branch of medical science. The pathological conditions which occur in infancy and childhood are described briefly, but there is no characteristic and exhaustive description of the anatomical, clinical, and therapeutic peculiarities, which are important factors in the child's car. The publication of the present volume was prompted by a desire to fill this need, and I willingly complied with the request of the editors of "The Diseases of Children" to write a supplementary volume dealing with the affections of the ear in infancy and childhood. The many peculiarities of childhood impart a special character to the affections of the ear, and give rise to pathological pictures peculiarly their own. The consideration of this fact was a sufficient incentive to undertake the work, but other factors rendered its execution imperative, namely, the great frequency of oral affections in infancy and childhood, and their importance in the mental and physical development of the young. It was difficult, however, to decide upon the amount of detail in which the various sections should be presented, for, if this volume were to adapt itself to the requirements of the pediatrist in accordance with the former ideas on the subject of juvenile otology, it would have been necessary to condense the available material. This, however, would have materially interfered with the scientific treatment of the questions involved. Feeling that the requirements of the modern pediatrist would not be served by a simple compilation of therapeutic indications, I decided to include all anatomical, clinical, and diagnostic facts, aside from the therapeutic armamentarium, which represent the present knowledge of our specialty. Bearing the practical importance of the latter in mind, I have endeavored to satisfy the demands of the general practitioner, so that he may obtain a clear understanding of the pathological pictures, of their causes and development, of the therapeutic measures to be adopted, and of the correct interpretation of difficult and complicated conditions which should be referred to the otologist for rational treatment. It need not be specially emphasized that a correct procedure on the part of the attending physician is of extreme importance in otological complications. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
