Notes on Chronic Otorrhœa. With Especial Reference to the Use of Zinc Ionization in the Treatment of Selected Cases

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Pages v-vi
CHAPTER I - DISTINCTION BETWEEN ACUTE AND CHRONIC SUPPURATION OF THE MIDDLE EAR—THE PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT IN EACH CONDITION, Pages 1-4
CHAPTER II - THE CHEMICAL ATOM—DISSOCIATION OF MOLECULES OF A SALT—THE NATURE OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT IN (a) A WIRE, (b) A SOLUTION OF A SALT IN WATER—ELECTRONS—IONS, Pages 5-9
CHAPTER III - CHEMICAL REACTIONS BETWEEN IONS IN VITRO AND IN VIVO—THE RÔLE OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT—ACTION AT THE ELECTRODES, Pages 10-15
CHAPTER IV - EXPERIMENTS WITH ZINC IONS ACTING ON ALBUMIN AND BACTERIA, Pages 16-20
CHAPTER V - VOLTS—OHMS—AMPÈRES, Pages 21-24
CHAPTER VI - THE SOURCES OF SUPPLY AND THE MEANS OF REGULATING THE STRENGTH OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT—TECHNIQUE OF TREATMENT BY IONIZATION—LOCAL SUPPURATION TREATED BY ANTISEPTIC SOLUTIONS, BY THE CAUTERY, AND BY ZINC IONIZATION, CONTRASTED, Pages 25-30
CHAPTER VII - SOLUTIONS—INSTRUMENTS FOR EXAMINATION, Pages 31-34
CHAPTER VIII - ANATOMY—EXAMINATION OF THE EAR—TECHNIQUE OF CLEANSING THE EAR—CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM THE CONDITIONS OBSERVED—THE ‘CAUSES OF CHRONICITY’ IN CHRONIC OTORRHŒA: THEIR CLASSIFICATION AND THE TREATMENT APPLICABLE TO EACH—RESULTS OBTAINED IN EACH CLASS—THE SPHERE OF ZINC IONIZATION I ITS USE IN TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS—RESULTS, Pages 35-75
CHAPTER IX - THE USE OF ZINC IONIZATION IN THE EARLY POST-OPERATIVE STAGE OF ABSCESS IN THE BRAIN, Pages 76-77
CHAPTER X - ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF ZINC IONIZATION IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC OTORRHŒA IN SCHOOL-CHILDREN—ORGANIZATION OF A CLINIC, Pages 78-87
INDEX, Page 88