TY - JOUR T1 - DIseases of the ear, nose and throat, medical and surgical. Y1 - 1929/01/12 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1929.02700280076044 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 172 EP - 173 VL - 92 IS - 2 N2 - 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 SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1929.02700280076044 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02700280076044 ER -