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W. VERNON HOSTELLEY, M.D.

AMA Arch Otolaryngol. 1951;54(3):279-303.

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IT HAS been my endeavor for some time to find an efficient method for prevention of the otitis resulting from swimming or bathing, with particular emphasis on those problems caused by water entering the external ear canal alone, or entering the external ear canal and the middle ear via a perforation in the eardrum membrane.

Interest in this study was stimulated primarily by two types of cases: first, that of the patient with a perforation of the eardrum membrane, which the otologist is attempting to close by repeated treatments, who, in the midst of treatment, goes swimming or gets water into the middle ear during a shower bath, with ensuing infection and delay in the treatment; second, that of the patient with external otitis whose complaint was apparently initiated or is aggravated by water entering the ear canal.

That water may also enter the middle ear via the Eustachian tube . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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PHILADELPHIA

Footnotes
A résumé of this material was presented at a meeting of the Philadelphia Laryngological Society, March 6, 1951.

Thesis approved by the faculty of the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Medical Science (M.Sc. [Med.]) for graduate work in otolaryngology.

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