The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology (Volume 9) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1900. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE OF MASTOID DISEASE AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. Seymour Oppenheimer, M. D., NEW YORK, LARYNGOLOGIST TO BELLEVUE HOSPITAL DISPENSARY, LARYNGOLOGIST TO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE DISPENSARY, INSTRUCTOR IN LARYNGOLOGY, UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE. While the year 1899 was not productive of any radical discoveries relating to the better appreciation of mastoid disease, nor were any new operative measures devised for its relief, yet great progress was made in otology and the diagnosis and operative technic were placed upon a firmer foundation by minute and detailed studies. The function of the specialist, his ability to appreciate the slightest details presented by the anatomy and the pathology of the mastoid and its relation to the surrounding structures, the cerebral cavity, the sinuses and larger veins, the temporal bone as a whole and lastly to the individual, are becoming better appreciated and as a reuult the operative procedures upon this region and its contiguous structures, are being performed more by the otologist and less by the general surgeon. During the year many valuable papers have been published bearing upon this subject and it is my desire to direct your attention to the salient features that seem of import in elucidating some of the obscure points attached to the diseases of this region. While the diagnosis of acute mastoiditis rarely presents any great difficulties and in chronic cases consecutive to suppurative processes of the tympanum, the well known signs of mastoid involvement are sufficiently evident to indicate operative procedures, yet there are certain cases in which additional aid is often of extreme value. This is shown in a communication by Cozzolino and BarrogoCiarella,1 who called attention to a new ...