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Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on the Medical, Surgical and Hygienic Treatment of Catarrhal Diseases of the Nose, Throat, and Ears: Including Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Etiology, and Symptomatology Connected Therewith In the Physiology of these parts, Ihave taken special pains to show that the mucous membrane of the regions under consideration is a very important organ, one that loses its function on the supervention of inflammation. I have embraced every opportunity to show the incon sistency of making irritating applications to the dis eased mucous membrane, whose condition is the result of irritation that originated in the integumentary, and mucous surfaces of the body. What I have said concern ing the functions of the soft palate, uvula, and the azygos prominence in the first edition of this work, is again repeated. My experience in the treatment of sing ers and speakers, fully sanctions these views. All that I have given concerning the functions of the Eustachian tube, middle ear, and mastoid cells in the first edition, is also repeated here, with many additional facts to prove the correctness of the views advanced. 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.