Author : J. A. Thacker
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483035218
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (352 download)
Book Synopsis The Cincinnati Medical News, 1880, Vol. 13 by : J. A. Thacker
Download or read book The Cincinnati Medical News, 1880, Vol. 13 written by J. A. Thacker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Cincinnati Medical News, 1880, Vol. 13: Vol. IX, New Series The above may sound tenable, but the fault lies in one of the premises which will not bear analyzing. The statement that the pus is in the ear and should be al lowed to escape, is correct in one sense of the term, and incorrect in another. It leads a person not acquainted with the nature of the disease to imagine that there is an abscess or cavity located somewhere at the internal extremity of the canal; that this cavity is filled withpus; that the perforation spoken of is the outlet, and that when all of the pus has escaped from the cavity, that nature will assert her influence and close the perforation, as well as the cavity. Theoretically this sounds very well, and to the uneducated apparently explains the na ture of the disease in a very satisfactory manner. But we will examine it a little more closely. Sometimes we see a person who has had an otorrhoea for ten or fifteen years, the discharge being continuous. How large would the cavity have to be to contain that amount of pus? Not in the ear, for it is not large enough. Certainly not in the brain, for death Would soon claim the victim. Then as we can not find a place to locate the cavity, we must explain the cause of the discharge in some other way. In order for us to have a proper understanding of the cause, it will be necessary for us to look at the anatomy of this part of the organ. 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.
