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Literary Notices.
as regards the cure of stammering and of deafness , what has been the ulterior result on the system , and on the health generally ? This is a question of great importance ; but it is also one which it is very difficult truly to reply to . A man may make his name notorious in connection with a certain operative proceeding , and thus obtain an influx of patients really labouring , or supposed to be labouring , under the disease in question ; but after he has done all he can , or all he wished to do , how few are there who are such
genuine admirers of science as to seek after and hunt up their operators , in order to ascertain the ultimate results of the proceeding ? And how rarely will it happen that a large , or even a moderate number of their clients ( clientetle—not a bad name given by our brethren , d'ontre mer ) should come under the notice of another surgeon , so as to enable him to report on them to his professional brethren ? Yet , in this instance , this has happened : a large number of a-tonsillar patients ( a Greek negative ) have presented themselves to Mr . Harvey at the Dispensary to which he is surgeon , and in private practice , and the results in these cases have been so singularly alike , that he has felt himself warranted in drawing the following conclusions ;
" 1 . That the enlarged tonsil or elongated uvula does not , per se , give rise to imperfect hearing . " 2 . That its extirpation does not only not remove deafness , hut on some occasions , causes it . " 3 . That in cases wherein the tonsil is enlarged , the disease is in the mucous membrane generally , and that its morbid condition , where remediable , is so only by means of a judiciously regulated constitutional treatment . " 4 . That the tonsils are not merely secreting organs , but play a further
and most important part in the animal economy , holding , as they do , most intimate sympathies with important though distant organs . " 5 . That extirpation of the tonsils in the young have led to pernicious results , such as giving rise to bronchial and pulmonary disease , with other mischiefs ; and , notwithstanding high authorities in favour of extirpating the tonsils or uvula for the relief of deafness , the operation has almost uniformly proved a failure . " The statements advanced bMr . Harvey have all been well considered
y , and are such as evidently bear the stamp of truth and experience . The operation is a failure , but it is more than a failure ; it is positively , not merely negatively , but positively an injury to the general health and the functions of the body . Not only is the unhappy operatee more liable to bronchial and pulmonary disease—an infliction quite sufficient to banish this operation from the domains of surgery—but other functions are more or less seriously impaired . On this point the evidence collected by Mr . Harvey distinctly bears , although it may not yet be sufficiently elaborated to furnish
a surgical or phisiological axiom . As our space is exhausted we must refer the inquirer to the work itself for additional information . It will well repay perusal as the work of a practical surgeon , unbiassed by prejudice , and seeking only after truth .
An Inquiry into M . Antoine D'Abbadie ' s Journey to Kaffa , in the years 1843 and 1844 , to discover the Source of the Nile . By Charles T . Beke , Ph . D „ F . S . A ., & c . London : James Madden . 1850 . The author of this " Inquiry" had already established a literary and scientific reputation of no mean character by various publications on Oriental subjects . In the " Origines Biblicoa , " which appeared some years ago , and a subsequent " Essay on the Nile and its Tributaries , " Dr . Beke ' s laborious research and learned investigation added considerably to our previous supply of information regarding the geography and history of portions of the world to the elucidation of which , of late years more especially , so much of the talent and genius of European travellers and explorers has been directed .
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Literary Notices.
as regards the cure of stammering and of deafness , what has been the ulterior result on the system , and on the health generally ? This is a question of great importance ; but it is also one which it is very difficult truly to reply to . A man may make his name notorious in connection with a certain operative proceeding , and thus obtain an influx of patients really labouring , or supposed to be labouring , under the disease in question ; but after he has done all he can , or all he wished to do , how few are there who are such
genuine admirers of science as to seek after and hunt up their operators , in order to ascertain the ultimate results of the proceeding ? And how rarely will it happen that a large , or even a moderate number of their clients ( clientetle—not a bad name given by our brethren , d'ontre mer ) should come under the notice of another surgeon , so as to enable him to report on them to his professional brethren ? Yet , in this instance , this has happened : a large number of a-tonsillar patients ( a Greek negative ) have presented themselves to Mr . Harvey at the Dispensary to which he is surgeon , and in private practice , and the results in these cases have been so singularly alike , that he has felt himself warranted in drawing the following conclusions ;
" 1 . That the enlarged tonsil or elongated uvula does not , per se , give rise to imperfect hearing . " 2 . That its extirpation does not only not remove deafness , hut on some occasions , causes it . " 3 . That in cases wherein the tonsil is enlarged , the disease is in the mucous membrane generally , and that its morbid condition , where remediable , is so only by means of a judiciously regulated constitutional treatment . " 4 . That the tonsils are not merely secreting organs , but play a further
and most important part in the animal economy , holding , as they do , most intimate sympathies with important though distant organs . " 5 . That extirpation of the tonsils in the young have led to pernicious results , such as giving rise to bronchial and pulmonary disease , with other mischiefs ; and , notwithstanding high authorities in favour of extirpating the tonsils or uvula for the relief of deafness , the operation has almost uniformly proved a failure . " The statements advanced bMr . Harvey have all been well considered
y , and are such as evidently bear the stamp of truth and experience . The operation is a failure , but it is more than a failure ; it is positively , not merely negatively , but positively an injury to the general health and the functions of the body . Not only is the unhappy operatee more liable to bronchial and pulmonary disease—an infliction quite sufficient to banish this operation from the domains of surgery—but other functions are more or less seriously impaired . On this point the evidence collected by Mr . Harvey distinctly bears , although it may not yet be sufficiently elaborated to furnish
a surgical or phisiological axiom . As our space is exhausted we must refer the inquirer to the work itself for additional information . It will well repay perusal as the work of a practical surgeon , unbiassed by prejudice , and seeking only after truth .
An Inquiry into M . Antoine D'Abbadie ' s Journey to Kaffa , in the years 1843 and 1844 , to discover the Source of the Nile . By Charles T . Beke , Ph . D „ F . S . A ., & c . London : James Madden . 1850 . The author of this " Inquiry" had already established a literary and scientific reputation of no mean character by various publications on Oriental subjects . In the " Origines Biblicoa , " which appeared some years ago , and a subsequent " Essay on the Nile and its Tributaries , " Dr . Beke ' s laborious research and learned investigation added considerably to our previous supply of information regarding the geography and history of portions of the world to the elucidation of which , of late years more especially , so much of the talent and genius of European travellers and explorers has been directed .