War Otitis and War Deafness: Diagnosis, Treatment, Medical Reports.

University of London Press; London; 1918. First edition in English. Scarce. Brown cloth-covered boards, 7 5/8 x 5 1/4 inches, 231 pp., publisher's ads in rear, 31 figures, 6 plates. Very good (mild edge wear; dust soiling, top edge of book block; mild foxing, edges of book block; mild foxing to a few pages; otherwise, pages clean and binding tight. Describes Babinski-Weil's test (walking with the eyes shut) and Babinski's electrical test for the examination of equilibrium. Figure 31: "Electro-diagnosis according to Babinski. The subject inclines normally to the positive pole." Contents: Non-traumatic Otitis (External Otitis; Acute Suppurative Median Otitis; Chronic Suppurative Median Otitis); Wounds of Warfare (Wounds of the External Ear; Wounds of the Auricle; Wounds of the External Auditory Meatus; Injuries of the Tympanic Membrane and of the Tympanic Cavity; Wounds in the Auriculo-mastoid Region); War Deafness (Labyrinthine Concussion from Direct Violence to the Cranium; Labyrinthine Concussion from Explosions; Deafness from Lesions of the Auditory Nerve Tracts; Functional Deafness; Hystero-pithiatism; Simulation); Medical Reports (Previous Histories; Objective Examination; Functional Examination of Audition; Preliminary Investigation of the Hearing for the Spoken Voice; Measurement of Hearing-power; Hearing for the Spoken Voice; Cochlear Reflexes; Tests of Reliability; Functional Examination of Equilibrium; Results of Examination; Preparation of the Report; Lesions of the Ear and Military Fitness; Fitness for Aviation; Discharge No. 1). (3214029A). F. Hardcover.