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What Is a Mastoidectomy?

A mastoidectomy is a type of surgery that removes an infection from the bone behind the ear, called the mastoid bone. The mastoid bone looks like a honeycomb, and the spaces are filled with air. Due ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Report of a Case of Caries of the Middle Ear, Mastoid Process and Internal Ear with Extradural Abscess, Pachymeningitis and Destruction of the Semicircular Canals

Read at a meeting of the New England Otological and Laryngological Society, Nov. 17, 1907.
The New York Times

EDISON OPERATED ON, CONDITION CRITICAL; Grave Fears Felt for the Great Inventor After a Second Operation for Mastoiditis. HIS OLD WOUND INFECTED Family at His Bedside In Eye ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...