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... present day , when literature in every Protean shape and form has compassed the land , and knowledge may truly be said to run to and fro throughout the earth ; and when the polyglot cyclopædia of the Press has outstripped in the race ...
... present day , when literature in every Protean shape and form has compassed the land , and knowledge may truly be said to run to and fro throughout the earth ; and when the polyglot cyclopædia of the Press has outstripped in the race ...
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... present day ) the affections of the ear , whether functional or organic , were spoken of , lectured on , written of , and described , not according to the laws of pathology which regulate other diseases , but by a single symptom , that ...
... present day ) the affections of the ear , whether functional or organic , were spoken of , lectured on , written of , and described , not according to the laws of pathology which regulate other diseases , but by a single symptom , that ...
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... present day . Those who still prescribe such nostrums , and they are many , might consult with advantage old " Gabelhover's Boocke of Physicke , " printed in 1559 . It would afford us neither literary interest nor practical utility ...
... present day . Those who still prescribe such nostrums , and they are many , might consult with advantage old " Gabelhover's Boocke of Physicke , " printed in 1559 . It would afford us neither literary interest nor practical utility ...
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... present day , in this coun- try at least , shudders at . Up to that period the deaf and dumb were not considered susceptible of improvement or instruction of any kind , and their very passions , unrestrained by any influence , human or ...
... present day , in this coun- try at least , shudders at . Up to that period the deaf and dumb were not considered susceptible of improvement or instruction of any kind , and their very passions , unrestrained by any influence , human or ...
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... Cleland in 1741 . In 1775 James Graham published in London " Thoughts on the Present State of the Practice in Disorders of the Eye and Ear , ” 8vo .; and in 1780 J. Elliot made his " 16 SIMS AND The London MEDICAL SOCIETY .
... Cleland in 1741 . In 1775 James Graham published in London " Thoughts on the Present State of the Practice in Disorders of the Eye and Ear , ” 8vo .; and in 1780 J. Elliot made his " 16 SIMS AND The London MEDICAL SOCIETY .
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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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