The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 90
blow-tube, in which a little of the medicating powder, whatever it may be, should have been taken up, may be inserted into the ear funnel, or speculum as it i> usually called. The quill must be held as one does a pen, aim can readily be taken at the diseased spot, and a gentle puff from the… … This is such a simple and perfectly efficient operation that the wonder is that it has not been sooner and more widely in use. It is still more amazing that the practicability of this manoeuvre has been questioned, and that it has been recommended to resort to a clumsy and almost imprac- ticable…
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