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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 2, 2020

Traité des maladies de l’oreille et de l’audition. 2 vols.

Publication Details

Paris: Méquignon-Marvis, 1821 CE.

First of the modern textbooks on diseases of the ear, this work did much to establish otology on a firm basis. Itard described startle tests for the hearing of children and malingerers, and he developed an acumeter.

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Entry Number#3364
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/4749
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External URLtrait-des-maladies-de-loreille-et-de-laudition-2-vols

Geographic Context

Publication place: Paris