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Jacob Henle (1809-1885) gave a detailed and complete description of the temporal bone and was the first to describe the suprameatal spine, though he did not show the structure as a landmark to the antrum. Henle's name was attached to it later by…

John Cunningham Saunders (1773-1810) was an assistant to Cooper in the myringotomy study. In this work, Saunders said observed that the most common indication for doing a myringotomy is an acute otitis medium, or acute inflammation of the middle ear.…

Semeleder's work, "Rhinoscopy and its worth for physician practice: a monographic trial," introduced rhinoscopy to the medical field.

Turck's "Practical introduction to laryngoscopy" was published the same year, but after Czermak's work, despite his argument for priority in the field of laryngoscopy for having originated use of, and having introduced Czermak to the laryngeal…

Valsalva's De aure humana tractatus (Treatise of the human ear), was published in 1704, twenty-one years after Du Verney's Traite de l'organ de l'ouie (1683), and thus was the second book published solely on the ear. But Valsalva included minute…

This is the brilliant anatomical text of Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564), which revolutionized the study of gross anatomy. Within, he identified and named structures heretofore unknown, including the malleus and incus, which he referred to as the hammer…

In this book, Sir William Wilde (1815-1876) presents the procedure for the "Wilde incision" used in treating mastoiditis. The procedure involved an incision in the swelling behind the ear, and it became the chosen care for three decades.

As a…

Shown here is a short clip previewing the content of the video titled, "The Anatomist's Servant Becomes His Rival."

Silver nitrate was the medicine used by American physician, Horace Green, in the treatment of throat diseases. Green used a probang made of whale bone with a sponge or cotton ball on the end dipped in silver nitrate which he stuck down the throat to…

Casserio provided in his 1601 a class illustration of the incisions and instruments used in the tracheotomy. He even illustrated a tracheotomy tube that has not changed since then. Shown here is a later tracheotomy tube from the Alabama Museum of the…

Casserio provided in his 1601 book a classic illustration of the incisions and instruments used in the tracheotomy. He even illustrated a tracheotomy tube that has not changed since then. Shown here is a later tracheotomy tube from the Alabama Museum…

Shown here is a short clip previewing the content of the video titled, "From Its Ravages No Child Was Safe," a narration on the treatment of diphtheria and croup.

Shown here is a short clip previewing the content of the video titled "A Surgeon Solves a Problem," which tells the story of Sir Astley Paston Cooper, the first surgeon to perform a myringotomy to treat deafness.

Shown here is a short clip previewing the content of the video titled, "How They Learned to Treat Mastoiditis: Not By Books."

Shown here is a short clip previewing the content of the video titled, "A Vicious Priority Dispute: The Czermak-Turck Feud."

Shown here is a short clip previewing the content of the video titled, "Otological Comparison of Two Master Anatomists," which compares the work of Vesalius and Eustachius on the anatomy of the ear.

Shown here is a short clip previewing the content of the video titled, "Hearing Aid Origins," in which Dr. Pappas discusses the work of Jean Marc Gaspard Itard.

Shown here is a short clip previewing the content of the video titled, "Du Verney vs. Valsalva," which compares the first two books written solely on the ear.

Shown here is a short clip previewing the content of the video titled, "Roadmap to the Mastoid Antrum."

The "London dome" hearing aid, so called because its shape resembled the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, is very similar to the trumpet hearing aid shown in John Harrison Curtis's 1836 book.