RT Journal
T1 DIseases of the ear, nose and throat, medical and surgical.
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1929
FD January 12
VO 92
IS 2
SP 172
OP 173
DO 10.1001/jama.1929.02700280076044
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02700280076044
AB This edition of Phillips' popular work contains a number of new points especially in the chapters on the tests for hearing and the chapter on the hearing problem, the development of the subject of infantile mastoiditis and the action of actinic radiation on the body surfaces, as well as in the modification of a number of other topics. In the chapter on the functional testing of hearing there is a typographic error that occurs in a great many of the textbooks containing special articles on the subject: the name Rinne is given with an accent over the e, whereas it is a German name and should appear without any accent. On the subject of malingering, a number of tests are presented, but the Stenger test, which is one of the best ever devised, is not mentioned. With the exception of a few minor points this is a most complete, well