What the Doctor Needs to Know in Order to Make a Successful Prescription

Section 09 — Ears

James Tyler Kent · What the Doctor Needs to Know in Order to Make a Successful Prescription · 17 passages

Describe pain as in Section 6.

Describe discharges as in Section 7.

Sores as in Section 32.

Is the trouble inside, in the canal, or on the external ear ?

Right or left car ?

Are you deaf ?

When and how can you hear best ?

When is your hearing poorest ?

How far from the right ear and the left car can you hear a watch tick ?

Is your hearing getting better or worse ?

Can you hear better in a noise, on the cars, or riding ?

Is the hearing poor for the human voice or other noises or sounds ?

Have you too acute hearing ?

Do sounds hurt the ear or feel unpleasant ?

Have you any noises in the ear ?

Which ear ?

State minutely what the noise is like. Give any sensations in the ears as in Section 4. How does your own voice sound to you ?