A practical treatise on the diseases of the ear including the anatomy of the organ . s of a simple apparatus* which is represented on thenext page. The apparatus consists of a hollow bulb of * American Journal of the Medical Sciences, vol. liii., p. 63. USE OF VArORS BY POLITZERS METHOD. $09 hard rubber, which is attached by a bit of rubber tubing tothe air-bag used in Politzers method. Any fluid that is readilyvaporized is placed upon a sponge contained in the bulb, andon practising inflation of the ear, the vapor is forced into theEustachian tube and the cavity of the tympanum. The tinc-ture
A practical treatise on the diseases of the ear including the anatomy of the organ . s of a simple apparatus* which is represented on thenext page. The apparatus consists of a hollow bulb of * American Journal of the Medical Sciences, vol. liii., p. 63. USE OF VArORS BY POLITZERS METHOD. $09 hard rubber, which is attached by a bit of rubber tubing tothe air-bag used in Politzers method. Any fluid that is readilyvaporized is placed upon a sponge contained in the bulb, andon practising inflation of the ear, the vapor is forced into theEustachian tube and the cavity of the tympanum. The tinc-ture of iodine and chloroform are the agents I chiefly J. S. Prout, of Brooklyn, taught me the value of chloro-form as a means of diagnosticating closure of the tube. Thisvapor will penetrate the ear when air or iodine are not per-ceived, and when all attempts at inflation with air have failed,or, as should be said, when the patients experience no sensa-tion in the ears from the use of air through the catheter, or byPolitzers method. Great caution should be used in employ-. Apparatusfar Inj< cihig ing the chloroform ; that is, but a few drops should be used,or the most intense pain will be caused. I have seen patientsjump from the chair in surprise and pain, after one carefulinflation, when only two or three drops were upon the littlesponge in the bulb, and this, after attempts to cause a sensa-tion in the ears with common air had utterly failed. The useof chloroform vapor is certainly a very valuable diagnosticmeans, although I am not so certain of its therapeutic hollow bulb was recommended as an inhaler by Dr. 310 USE OF VAPOES BY POLITZERS METHOD. Buttles of this city; but the attachment to Politzers appa-ratus was first made by myself. The vapor of iodine is veryuseful in many cases of naso-pharyngeal catarrh, and maybe used by means of the inhaler that has been described, orby means of the simple apparatus that is represented on theprevious page. It is
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