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Die Mechanik der Gehörknöchelchen und des Trommelfells.

Publication Details

Pflügers Arch. ges. Physiol 1, 1-60. 1868 CE.

Helmholtz’s study of the mechanism of the tympanum and ossicles of the middle ear did much to elucidate the phenomenon of audition. It includes a description of “Helmholtz’s ligament” of the malleus. Separate offprint, Bonn, 1869. English translation, London, 1873.

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Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: London