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Has Otolaryngology Subspecialization Gone Too Far in Bangladesh
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Shaheen, Mazharul |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | References to the diseases of ear, nose and throat can be traced back to Egyptian, Chinese, Indian and Greek civilization, The Romans, Alexandrines, Arabians and the school of Salerno made important contributions. Hippocrates, the father of medicine who is said to have been born in 460 BC was probably the first to inspect tympanic membrane, ‘a dry thin spun-web’ and to recognize it as a part of organ of hearing. Laryngology strictly commenced on that day in September 1854 when Manuel Gracia at last achieved lifelong wish to view his own larynx with a mirror. Harmann Khap in 1869 together with Salomon Moos founded ‘Archives of Ophthalmology and Otology’ in New York. In Vienna where the first university clinic and chair in otology was founded in 1874, Theodor Billorth, the famous general surgeon stated in 1874, “It is desirable to give this small and yet not unimportant subject a definite place in the curriculum of universities”. |
| Starting Page | 1 |
| Ending Page | 3 |
| Page Count | 3 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.3329/bjo.v21i1.24289 |
| Volume Number | 21 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJO/article/download/24289/16540 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.3329/bjo.v21i1.24289 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
