Excerpt from Diseases of the Ear
It seems hardly possible to the author that a quarter of a century has elapsed since the appearance of the first edition of this work in 1894. Perhaps in no other branch of medicine or surgery have more advances been made than in Otology. Successive editions of this work have appeared from time to time, it having been the purpose of the author, as well as of the publishers, to keep the work fully abreast with the advance of modern medicine and surgery. Since the appearance of the last edition so much advance has been made in diseases of the labyrinth, and the great importance of labyrinthine lesions has been so fully recognized that it has seemed necessary to elaborate upon this portion of the work. For this reason an entirely new chapter on the functional testing of the static labyrinth has been added. This chapter has been fully illustrated by line drawings, and it is the hope of the author that this additional chapter may be of great practical value to his readers. The chapter on specific inflammation of the labyrinth has also been practically rewritten, so as to give the readers the advantages of the latest methods of treatment.
One plate has been added, but aside from this the body of the work remains essentially the same. Lithographic plates 9, 10, and 11 have been omitted from this edition. Plate 11 was practically out of date, and plates 9 and 10, while beautiful specimens of the lithographer"s art, and reflecting great credit upon my friend, Dr. W. A. Holden, who was kind enough to draw these plates from nature, do not seem to possess enough practical value to warrant their continuance in this last edition.
One new plate, which has appeared in an article by the author subsequent to the publication of the last edition, is embodied in this volume. Certain changes have been made in the text where experience has made it necessary for the author to modify opinions previously held. Certain statistics have been changed also so as to include the experience of the last ten years.
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