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 ?