A Popular Treatise on Deafness: Its Causes and Prevention

133, 8 pp. 8vo. Publisher catalog follows text, which includes an advertisement for the American edition of Les Miserables, which had just been released that year. A medical treatise on deafness and diseases of the ear, with a general discussion of hearing, physiology of the ear, and acoustics. Also includes a chapter treating popular remedies for deafness, and a chapter on dumbness in connection with deafness ('deaf-mutism'). Hoolihan 2252: "The authors discuss the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the ear, as well as preventive measures against deafness and a 'review of some of the popular remedies for deafness.' August P. Lighthill was an 1851 graduate of the University of Berlin and an 1877 graduate of the Eclectic Medical College of the City of New York... The book includes an eight page publisher's catalog..."