CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF OTITIS MEDIA

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During my service as house officer in the Harriet Lane Home I was impressed by the frequency and severity of otitis media among infants and young children. The methods of treatment being used at that time were not entirely satisfactory. In some cases the discharge from the ears ceased rapidly; in others it continued for weeks, months, and even years. This study was undertaken with the hope that some of the factors determining the greater susceptibility of the very young might be found, and a logical and efficient treatment instituted. The marked variations in the duration and severity of the disease made it necessary to study a large series of control cases before attempting to evaluate any new method of treatment. Records of all patients entering the hospital were kept during a six-month period, extending from February 6 to Aug. 6, 1923. The ear drums of each patient were examined

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