A Manual of Diseases of the Nose, Throat, and EarW.B. Saunders Company, 1918 - 608 pages |
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abscess acid acute adenoid adrenalin anterior ethmoid cells antrum application artery atomizer atrophic rhinitis attached auditory canal auricle blood bone bony cartilage catarrh catheter cause cavity cent chronic cleansed cocain cotton curet diagnosis discharge disease drum-head ethmoid cells eustachian tube external facial fluid forceps foreign body fossa frequently frontal sinus gauze glands hearing hemorrhage hypertrophy incision infection inferior turbinate inflammation inserted instrument irritation labyrinth larynx lesion malleus mastoid antrum maxillary means meatus meningitis middle ear middle turbinate mouth mucous membrane muscles nares nasal mucous membrane nasopharynx nerve nitrate normal nose nostril nystagmus obstruction occur opening orbit ostium pain palate paralysis patient perforation periosteum pharynx polypi portion posterior present pressure probe produce purulent readily removed respiration result secretions septum side skin solution sometimes speculum sphenoid spray sufficient suppuration surface symptoms syphilis syringe tinnitus tion tissue tonsil treatment turbinated body tympanum ulceration upper usually uvula wall wound
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