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excuse from the extreme difficulty in ascertaining the causes of deafness , as well as in discovering a remed y * The ear is a beautiful and intricate structure , the greater portion of it out of sight and surgical reach , so that it was naturally concluded that every case of
deafness , which did not yield to ordinary remedies , was hopeless . But Mr . Harvey has shown in this valuable compendium of aural surgery ( the best , certainly , in the English language ) , that deafness generally arises from some constitutional cause , such as gout , rheumatism , scrofula , dyspepsia , affections of the throat , & c . ; . and that therefore where a remedy can be found for these various
constitutional diseases , that remedy will often cure deafness , noises in the ear , purulent discharges , or other sympathetic affections of the organ , the structure being , all the while , sound and uninjured . Among other improvements we observe that Mr . Harvey has introduced an entirely new practice , founded on anatomy and surgical principles , namely , that of puncturing the drum of the ear in abscesses of this part ,
which are apt to produce organic destruction before they burst , leaving incurable deafness and an offensive discharge from the ear for life . Such often occurs in severe cases of scarlatina , and we anticipate important results from this practice , which is nevertheless a very delicate operation , and one which requires some degree of skill and adroitness for its safe performance . In Mr . Harvey ' s hands it appears to have answered very well .
"We have not space to give our readers an outline of this wellwritten work , but the chapter on deaf mutism and the education of deaf mutes is exceedingly interesting ; and the remarks on the best means of preventing deafness should be read by every person who has a deaf relative , or who cherishes any apprehension of becoming at any time the subject of this affliction .
Voltaire and his Times . By C . E . Bttngkeneb . Constable and Co . —We apprehend that of the thousands who annually visit the capital of France in these days of universal locomotion , few leave its pleasurable scenes without passing at least an hour or two under the dome of the Pantheon ; some without more intelligent motive than its being . down in their guide-books ; others to compare it with St . Paul ' s and St . Peter ' s , the comparative and superlative magnitudes of the same style of architecture ; and some to gaze on two
monuments in its vaults , memorials of an era but just closed , relics of the gods of an affected intellectual idolatry , as cold as the worn pavements , and of a people among whom , paradoxical as it may seem , atheism and pantheism were convertible terms . The names they seek to perpetuate are Voltaire and Rousseau .
The French Revolution , from the appalling character of its action , has ever been a favourite subject with historians , whilst for the drama or feuilleton it offers endless facilities for invention . Strange , however , that the times immediately preceding it , and the course of events by which it was developed and fostered , are but little known , and Louis XVI . is recollected like our Charles I ., whilst censure
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excuse from the extreme difficulty in ascertaining the causes of deafness , as well as in discovering a remed y * The ear is a beautiful and intricate structure , the greater portion of it out of sight and surgical reach , so that it was naturally concluded that every case of
deafness , which did not yield to ordinary remedies , was hopeless . But Mr . Harvey has shown in this valuable compendium of aural surgery ( the best , certainly , in the English language ) , that deafness generally arises from some constitutional cause , such as gout , rheumatism , scrofula , dyspepsia , affections of the throat , & c . ; . and that therefore where a remedy can be found for these various
constitutional diseases , that remedy will often cure deafness , noises in the ear , purulent discharges , or other sympathetic affections of the organ , the structure being , all the while , sound and uninjured . Among other improvements we observe that Mr . Harvey has introduced an entirely new practice , founded on anatomy and surgical principles , namely , that of puncturing the drum of the ear in abscesses of this part ,
which are apt to produce organic destruction before they burst , leaving incurable deafness and an offensive discharge from the ear for life . Such often occurs in severe cases of scarlatina , and we anticipate important results from this practice , which is nevertheless a very delicate operation , and one which requires some degree of skill and adroitness for its safe performance . In Mr . Harvey ' s hands it appears to have answered very well .
"We have not space to give our readers an outline of this wellwritten work , but the chapter on deaf mutism and the education of deaf mutes is exceedingly interesting ; and the remarks on the best means of preventing deafness should be read by every person who has a deaf relative , or who cherishes any apprehension of becoming at any time the subject of this affliction .
Voltaire and his Times . By C . E . Bttngkeneb . Constable and Co . —We apprehend that of the thousands who annually visit the capital of France in these days of universal locomotion , few leave its pleasurable scenes without passing at least an hour or two under the dome of the Pantheon ; some without more intelligent motive than its being . down in their guide-books ; others to compare it with St . Paul ' s and St . Peter ' s , the comparative and superlative magnitudes of the same style of architecture ; and some to gaze on two
monuments in its vaults , memorials of an era but just closed , relics of the gods of an affected intellectual idolatry , as cold as the worn pavements , and of a people among whom , paradoxical as it may seem , atheism and pantheism were convertible terms . The names they seek to perpetuate are Voltaire and Rousseau .
The French Revolution , from the appalling character of its action , has ever been a favourite subject with historians , whilst for the drama or feuilleton it offers endless facilities for invention . Strange , however , that the times immediately preceding it , and the course of events by which it was developed and fostered , are but little known , and Louis XVI . is recollected like our Charles I ., whilst censure