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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Luke Rusowicz-Orazem, B.S.
Overview
Discovery
Landmark Developments in Treatment of Otitis Externa
- German physicians Hermann Schwartze, Anton von Troltsch, and Adam Politzer advanced the discourse of clinicial study of otitis externa by publishing the first journal dedicated to ear pathology and treatment in 1865.[1]
- Adam Politzer founded the first otology clinic in 1873 in Austria, beginning the codification and standardization of ear disease treatment, such as otitis externa.
- Burow's solution, a therapeutic application of aqueous aluminium acetate, was invented by Karl August Burow in the mid-19th century that is still used presently as a topical remedy for otitis externa.[2]
- Antibiotic therapy for chronic otitis externa treatment emerged with the invention of mass production of penicillin in 1940 by Alexander Fleming, Howard Florey, and Ernst Chain.[3]
- This was the first instance of the modern use of antibiotic therapy for otitis externa treatment.
- The "tektite solution" therapy of 15% tannic acid, 15% acetic acid, and 50% isopropanol or ethanol, emerged in 1969 in response to high incidence of otitis externa in biologists involved in the Tektite I diving mission.[4]
References
- ↑ Bento RF, Fonseca AC (2013). "A brief history of mastoidectomy". Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 17 (2): 168–78. doi:10.7162/S1809-97772013000200009. PMC 4423283. PMID 25992009.
- ↑ REES CW (1949). "Otitis externa". Calif Med. 70 (4): 288–91. PMC 1643794. PMID 18116233.
- ↑ Diamant H, Hultcrantz M (1996). "[Glimpses from the history of otitis media]". Nord Medicinhist Arsb (in Swedish): 189–95. PMID 11624973.
- ↑ Shilling, Charles W. (Charles Wesley); Werts, Margaret F, (joint author.) (1971), An annotated bibliography on diving and submarine medicine, Gordon and Breach, ISBN 978-0-677-03910-7