Facets

1767 CE

#3249

Recherches sur les différens moyens de traiter les maladies des sinus maxillaires, et sur les avantages qu’il y a, dans certains cas, d’injecter des sinus par le nez.

Jourdain reported a method of washing out the antrum of Highmore through the natural opening.

1620 CE

#3345

Reduction de las letras, y arte para enseñar a ablar los mudos.

Bonet put into practice the “combined” system of teaching the deaf to speak and the dumb to communicate with others. He showed how the deaf could be taught to speak by reducing the letters to their phoneti…

1867 CE

#3274

Removal of a fibrous polyp from the inferior anterior surface of the right vocal cord with the aid of the laryngoscope.

First successful operation for cancer of the larynx.

1876 CE

#3285

Rhinitis chronica. Ozaena. Stockschnupfen. Stinknase. In Ziemssen’s Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie 4, I, 125-34

Fraenkel established ozena (atrophic rhinitis) as a clinical entity.

1867 CE

#3380

Sechs Fälle von Myringomykosis (Aspergillus glaucus Lk.).

Wreden, otologist to the Czar, was the first to call special attention to otomycosis.

1752 CE

#11719

Sendschreiben von den Wirkungen des Kafeetranks.

Discussing the consumption and reception of coffee from Britain to Turkey, Knoll dismissed criticisms of coffee, including that it reduced beauty and virility, or that it was contrary to Islam, instead promoting the m…

1884 CE

#3388

Sinusthrombose in Folge von Otitis media. [Trepanation des Proc. mastoid mit Hammer und Meissel.]

Improvement of the mastoid operation devised by Schwartze and Eysell.

1923 CE

#3404

Some experiences in the surgery of otosclerosis.

Holmgren’s fenestration operation.

1863 CE

#3270

Studien und Beobachtungen über Stimmbandlähmung.

An important study of paralysis of the vocal cords was made by Gerhardt. He diagnosed the growth in the larynx of Friedrich III, Emperor of Germany, whose eventual death from this condition was to have such disastrous…

1894 CE

#3308.1

Studien zur bacteriellen Diagnostik der Diphtherie und der Anginen.

“Plaut’s angina” (necrotizing ulcerative gingivostomatitis). He noted the association of fusiform bacilli in ulcerating lesions of the tonsils. Vincent (see No. 3309) gave the first comprehensive des…

1892 CE

#3394.1

Sui caratteri clinici offerti dalle lesioni del nervo acustico.

Gradenigo’s test for tone decay. Translation in Arch. Otol. (N.Y.), 1893, 22, 213-15.

1904 CE

#3398

Sulla leptomeningite circonscritta e sulla paralisi dell abducente di origine otitica.

“Gradenigo’s syndrome” – acute otitis media followed by abductor paralysis. Translation of the paper is in the German Arch. Ohrenheilk., 1904, 62, 255-70.

1818 CE

#1555

Supplementa ad otojatriam. Supplementum primum de anastomosi nervorum nova in aure detecta.

Jacobson described the tympanic canal, nerve, and plexus, all of which are named after him. In 1809 he discovered “Jacobson’s organ”, as reported two years later by G. Cuvier.

1896 CE

#3309

Sur l’étiologie et sur les lésions anatomo-pathologiques de la pourriture d’hôpital.

Vincent described a fusiform bacillus and a spirillum which, in association, were responsible for hospital gangrene. Later, in Arch. int. Laryng., 1898, 11, 44-48, he showed these two organisms to be present in &ldquo…

1828 CE

#7228

Sur le cathétérisme de la trompe d'Eustache, et sur les expériences de M. Itard, mémoire qui démontre l'utilité de l'air atmosphérique dans le traitement de diverse espèces de surdité.

The first publication on the use of air insufflation to cure some types of hearing loss.

1743 CE

#3248

Sur une bronchotomie faite avec succès.

Virgili is said to have performed successful tracheotomy at Cadiz, for quinsy (peritonsillar abscess)

1844 CE

#3260

Sur une opération de laryngotomie pratiquée dans un cas de polype du larynx.

First removal of a laryngeal polyp.

1692 CE

#3352

Surdus loquens; seu, methodus, quâ qui surdus natus est loqui descere possit.

English translation, 1694, by John Wallis (see No. 3348).

1961 CE

#11993

Surgical exposure of the internal auditory canal and is contents through the middle cranial fossa.

House, an otologist, pioneered exploration of the internal auditory canal and removal of acoustic neuromas through the microscope. His success stimulated neurosurgeons to pursue the application of the operating micros…

1881 CE

#3286

Surgical treatment of hypertrophic nasal catarrh.

Jarvis nasal snare described.

1924 CE

#3324

Technic of a pan-sinus operation.

Independently of Howarth (No. 3322), Lynch devised an operation for the conservative treatment of sinusitis.

1946 CE

#3412.2

The acoustic impedance measured on normal and pathological ears. Orientating studies on the applicability of impedance measurement.

The modern impedance test was developed by Metz.

1806 CE

#3362

The anatomy of the human ear … with a treatise on the diseases of the organ.

Saunders was the first to advise paracentesis in acute middle-ear suppuration.

1944 CE

#3412.1

The ascertainment of deafness in infancy and early childhood.

Tests of hearing in children.

2003 CE

#7261

The bony labyrinth of Neanderthals.

Computed tomography of the inner ear of 20 Neanderthal specimens directed by Spoor showed that the Neanderthal semicircular canal is subtly distinct in size, shape, and orientation from that of modern humans. With Mar…

1907 CE

#4821

The border-land of epilepsy. Faints, vagal attacks, vertigo, migraine, sleep symptoms, and their treatment.

1861 CE

#3267

The breath of life; or mal-respiration, and its effects upon the enjoyments and life of man.

Catlin, the famous American artist, was the first in America to call attention to the bad effects of mouth-breathing. He based his book on observations of native American practices, and illustrated his book with humor…

1960 CE

#3415.1

The conquest of deafness: a history of the long struggle to make possible normal living to those handicapped by lack of normal hearing.

Education for the deaf.

1902 CE

#3313

The correlation of deflections of the nasal septum with a minimum of traumatism.

Improvement of Ingals’s operation (see No. 3289).

1907 CE

#7226

The dancing mouse: A study in animal behavior.

The first work to examine the characteristics of deaf mice, which became the most important model for the study of genetic deafness. Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library, Internet Archive at this l…

1890 CE

#7229

The deaf soldier: A brief synopsis of one hundred and two cases of deafness. Prepared for the consideration of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.

One of the earliest accounts of the recognition of loss of hearing due to firearms and explosions during war. Foster, secretary and treasurer of the Silent Army of Deaf Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, presented 100 cas…

1860 CE

#3373

The diseases of the ear; their nature, diagnosis, and treatment.

The foundation of aural pathology. In this book Toynbee described the method of removing the temporal bone and discussed the post mortem appearances in relation to the symptoms observed during life. He made over 2,000…

2013 CE

#7235

The early history of the cochlear implant: A retrospective.

1910 CE

#3318

The enucleation of tonsils with the guillotine.

Reverse guillotine tonsillectomy.

1984 CE

#3415.21

The hearing aid: its operations and development. Third edition.

Includes a comprehensive listing of manufacturers and the models each produced.

2021 CE

#13486

The history of pediatric and adult hearing screening.

1987 CE

#10212

The human vocal tract: Anatomy, function, development, and evolution.

1907 CE–1908 CE

#1569.2

The labyrinth of animals. 2 vols.

“An important and elaborate work designed to give the anatomy of the labyrinth, or inside of the ears of vertebrates, with the exception of fishes” (Casey Wood). Illustrated with stereoscopic photographs.

1878 CE

#7745

The life and education of Laura Dewey Bridgman, the deaf, dumb, and blind girl.

Biography of Laura Bridgman (1829-89, the first deaf-blind person ever to read, write, and converse in the finger alphabet. The book includes a signed holograph facsimile of Bridgman's widely circulated religious poem…

1924 CE

#1570

The mechanism of the cochlea. A restatement of the resonance theory of hearing.

1894 CE

#3308

The pathological and clinical features of atrophic rhinitis.

Classic paper on atrophic rhinitis (ozena).

1809 CE

#3252

The pathology of the membranes of the larynx and bronchia.

Cheyne’s important book deals mainly with the lesions of croup.

1952 CE

#12209

The pathology, symptomatology and diagnosis of certain common disorders of the vestibular system.

Dix–Hallpike test or Nylen–Barany test, a diagnostic maneuver used to identify benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.

1874 CE

#3385

The questions of aural surgery.

Hinton was one of the most eminent aural surgeons in England during the latter half of the 19th century, and the first Aural Surgeon to Guy’s Hospital. In 1868 he performed the first operation for mastoiditis in…

1905 CE

#3399

The story of my life.

Helen Keller became blind and deaf at the age of 19 months, as the result of an illness. Her education was a triumph of patience and skill on the part of her teacher, Anne M. Sullivan, and a demonstration of the great…

1942 CE

#3412

The surgical treatment of deafness.

Shambaugh improved the technique of the fenestration operation. See also Ann. Otol. (St. Louis), 1942, 51, 817-25.

1852 CE

#3262

The surgical treatment of polypi of the larynx and oedema of the glottis.

Green was one of the few to remove a laryngeal tumor before the invention of the laryngoscope.

1878 CE

#3285.1

The throat and its diseases, including associated affections of the nose and ear.

1865 CE

#3334

The use of the laryngoscope in diseases of the throat; with an appendix on rhinoscopy.

1976 CE

#7486

The wild boy of Aveyron.