A treatise on the diseases of the ear including the anatomy and physiology of the organ together with the treatment of the affections of the nose and pharynx which conduce to aural disease . contain. Withthe left hand, the surgeon should then draw the auricle upwards,backwards, and outwards, so as to straighten the canal as much aspossible. He should then place the nozzle of the syringe justwithin the meatus, and against its upper and posterior part, and. Fig. o7. MAYhR k Meltzers Modification- ok GaRdixer Browxs Ear TrocctH. steady the syringe by resting its shoulder against the thumb ofthe h
A treatise on the diseases of the ear including the anatomy and physiology of the organ together with the treatment of the affections of the nose and pharynx which conduce to aural disease . contain. Withthe left hand, the surgeon should then draw the auricle upwards,backwards, and outwards, so as to straighten the canal as much aspossible. He should then place the nozzle of the syringe justwithin the meatus, and against its upper and posterior part, and. Fig. o7. MAYhR k Meltzers Modification- ok GaRdixer Browxs Ear TrocctH. steady the syringe by resting its shoulder against the thumb ofthe hand which is holding the ear before pressing the pistonhome. By thus steadying the syringe, not only is greater powerand accuracy obtained in directing the stream of water, butinjury to the meatus is prevented should the patient suddentymove his head, because when thus held the head and syringemove together. It is well to direct the fluid against the wall ofthe canal, and not against the-membrana tympani, and it is alsoadvisable to begin with a very gentle current, and gradually toincrease the force. In dealing with nervous patients, the watershould be injected into the concha for a few seconds, as a prelimi-nary procedure. APPLICATION OF HEAT AND COLD. 137 Symptoms occasionally Caused.—Syringing the ear. even whencarefully performed, sometimes causes giddiness, nausea, andother unpleasant symptoms. These are mainly due to increasedpressure upon
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