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... bone in which it is placed , as well as the number of crabbed names attached to its different parts , all of which have made it a sort of anatomical crux , which no one wishes to remem- ber longer than the day after he has passed his ...
... bone in which it is placed , as well as the number of crabbed names attached to its different parts , all of which have made it a sort of anatomical crux , which no one wishes to remem- ber longer than the day after he has passed his ...
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... bone in which it is placed , as well as the number of crabbed names attached to its different parts , all of which have made it a sort of anatomical crux , which no one wishes to remem- ber longer than the day after he has passed his ...
... bone in which it is placed , as well as the number of crabbed names attached to its different parts , all of which have made it a sort of anatomical crux , which no one wishes to remem- ber longer than the day after he has passed his ...
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... bone , should be carefully observed . While the membrane is thus within the field of the speculum , the patient should be desired to try and press air into the drum by holding the nose , shutting the mouth , and making a forced expi ...
... bone , should be carefully observed . While the membrane is thus within the field of the speculum , the patient should be desired to try and press air into the drum by holding the nose , shutting the mouth , and making a forced expi ...
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... bone of the nose . And again we hear it stated that the instrument being once fixed in the Eustachian tube , it will remain there , or the patient may be directed to hold it in that position until an inflated bladder , a bellows , a ...
... bone of the nose . And again we hear it stated that the instrument being once fixed in the Eustachian tube , it will remain there , or the patient may be directed to hold it in that position until an inflated bladder , a bellows , a ...
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... bone came down so low , and encroached so much upon the nasal cavity , that a similar obstruction was produced . The chief point of irritation is at the anterior extremity of the nose , and therefore it is , that we must press up its ...
... bone came down so low , and encroached so much upon the nasal cavity , that a similar obstruction was produced . The chief point of irritation is at the anterior extremity of the nose , and therefore it is , that we must press up its ...
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abscess acute affection aperture appearance applied attached attended auditory canal auditory passage aural diseases aural surgery auricle aurist brain brane catheter cause cavitas tympani cerumen chronic cloth cold Collapsed colour congenital cure deaf and dumb deaf mutes deaf-dumbness discharge Ditto dura mater Edition Eustachian tube examination external auditory external ear external meatus females fluid frequently head hearing distance inches inflammation inflammatory Inflatable instances instrument internal ear irritation Kramer labyrinth latter malleus mastoid cells mastoid process Medical medicine membrana tympani mercury middle ear morbid muteism natural nerve nervous deafness noise Normal observed opacity opaque organ of hearing otitis otorrhoea pain paralysis pathology patient peculiar perforation persons pinkish polypus portion Post 8vo posterior practical practitioner present produced remarkable removed side speculum surface surgeon symptoms syringing temporal bone thickened tinnitus tion tragus treatment tumour tympanal cavity tympanal membrane tympanum ulceration Uninflatable vascular
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