A Dictionary Of Practical Medicine Vol 4

Excerpt from A Dictionary of Practical Medicine, Vol. 4: Comprising General Pathology, the Nature and Treatment of Diseases, Morbid Structures, and the Disorders Especially Incidental to Climates, to the Sex, and to the Different Epochs of Life 24. C. Deafness may arise from extravasation of blood in the cavity of the drum - This lesion is usually the result of external injury, Of vio lent attacks of sneezing, or of constriction of the neck; but it is chiefly caused by the first of these. In cases of this kind, Sir A. Cooper advised perforation of the membrane; but the extravasated fluid will either pass Off by the Eustachian tube, or be absorbed. Moreover, the deafness and other unfavourable symptoms existing in these cases are not so much de pendant upon the extravasation in the cavity of the ear as upon the injury other parts of the organ, or even the brain and its membranes, may have sustained. When, however, blood is effused in the drum, inflammatory action not infrequently supervenes. 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.