Excerpt from Practical Observations of Aural Surgery and the Nature and Treatment of Diseases of the Ear: With Illustrations IN offering an American edition of Mr. Wilde's work on Aural Surgery to the profession, it is confidently hoped that it will fill a void in our Medical literature which has long been felt, and which no work published in this country has ever been adequate to fill. No work has yet appeared in the English language, which has entered so extensively into the pathology and treatment of the Diseases of the Organ of Hearing, as that now offered to the pro fession; and it is to be earnestly hoped that the objects of the author - to lay down just principles for an accurate diagnosis of Diseases of the Ear; to rescue their treatment from empiricism, and found it upon the well-established laws of modern pathology, practical sur gery, and reasonable therapeutics - may be alike accomplished in the new world as in the old. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.