A manual of diseases of the nose and throat / by Cornelius Godfrey Coakley.

Date:
1906
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Credit: A manual of diseases of the nose and throat / by Cornelius Godfrey Coakley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. The author desires again to thank the many friends wliose kindly interest in this work has brought the opportunity of another revision. Each article has been carefully considered, and changes made to conform to the advances in diagnosis and treatment. Chapter VII., on Diseases ot the Accessory Sinus, has been entirely rewritten and many new cuts added, which, it is hoped, will elucidate this interesting ]>art of the subject. It may not l)c amiss to point out that the purpose of this work, in its successive editions, has been to j)rovide a compact manual answering the needs of both students and ]>ractitioners. Special attention has, therefore, been devoted to the more ju’actical sections—namely, those on Examinations, Diagnosis, and Treatment. It is of the first importance that the appearances found on examina- tion of a patient should be thoroughly appreciated, and that microscopical and l)acteriological investigations should be made where the nature of the morbid |)roeess is in doubt. Sufficient guidance in these directions will be found in the work. A departure has been made from usual methods of dealing with the subject of treatment. The author has selected from among the multiplicity of medicinal and operative measures those which, in Ids judgment, are the best, and full details are given for the benefit of