Abstract
In 1910, Dr. Yankauer published a report of twenty-one cases in which the bony end of the eustachian tube had been curetted for the purpose of shutting off infection from the nasopharynx and thereby curing chronic suppuration of the middle ear. According to Dr. Yankauer, middle-ear structures were removed in only two cases. Polypoid tissue was removed only when it became necessary to allow room for operation. Most of the patients were using drops or powder at the time of operation and were allowed to continue. Syringing the middle ear was also a part of the postoperative treatment. Granulations were touched with silver nitrate. The average time required for healing was six months. Sixty per cent, of the patients were cured. No mention, however, was made as to the condition of the tube at the final examination of the patients. In a later paper, read before the Otological Congress in
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