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hearing aid copy.jpg
This hearing aid is similar to those introduced by Le Cat and Itard which mimic the structure of the inner ear.

fan hearing aid demo pic.jpg
Shown here is a fan hearing aid from the twentieth century, along with a photo demonstrating its use.

Ear Mastoid ScoopCurette .jpg
Dr. Pappas explains how Jean Louis Petit (1674-1750) used a curette during the first successful operation for mastoiditis.

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Dr. Pappas explains that Sir William Wilde (1815-1876) was one of the first to use a tubular speculum to examine the ear, and that his was cone-shaped. Shown here are various examples of such specula from the Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences.

ear speculum light.jpg
Dr. Pappas explains that Sir William Wilde (1815-1876) was one of the first to use a tubular speculum to examine the ear, and that his was cone-shaped. Shown here is an ear speculum with a handle and a light.

green speculum.jpg
Shown here is an example of a tubular ear speculum of the sort introduced by Sir William Wilde. Click here to view a 3D model of this instrument from the Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences.

mouth mirror 3.jpg
Shown here is an example of the type of mouth mirror used in laryngoscopy.

head lamp.jpg
In the resolution of the priority dispute, the French medical society eventually awarded Turck priority for the introduction of laryngoscopy, and Czermak priority for the introduction of illumination to laryngoscopy. Shown here is an example of a…

head mirror 2.jpg
Physicians learned quickly that they needed both hands for laryngoscopy, and so several ideas came forth for holding of the head mirror. Czermak suggested the use of a mouth piece to hold the mirror; Semeleder attached the mirror to eyeglasses, but…

head mirror copy 2.jpg
In the evolution of the head mirror, it was Turck's idea to attach the mirror to a headband. This idea really took off and even became the symbol of otolaryngologists up until just recently.

catgut.jpg
Sir William Macewan's teacher, Joseph Lister, came up with chromic suture, but it could not be well sterilized. But Macewen came up with a chromic catgut suture, which could be sterilized, and he himself prepared this before any operation. He…
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