Principles and Practice of Modern Otology

This first 62 pages are taken up with the anatomy of the ear. It is a curious omission that no connected description of the tympanic cavity is attempted, though every other part of the ear is so described. A short chapter on the physiology of the ear is followed by others on its bacteriology and on the causation of its diseases. The diseases themselves are the subject of the rest of the volume. Mai formations, diseases and injuries of the external ear are the first subjects to be taken up and their consideration occupies 80 pages. In taking up that of the methods of physical examination, difficulties which maj7 be met with and the ways of overcoming these are a useful feature of a useful chapter. After describing the examination of the function of the ear, considerable emphasis is laid 011 the influence of nasal and nasopharyngeal diseases upon affections of the ear, and full details of the diagnosis and treatment of ade-