 Nothing can be more surprising,' writes Sir John Herschel, in reference to this subject, ' than to see two persons, neither of them deaf, the one complaining of the penetrating shrillness of a sound, while the other maintains there is no sound at all.  A Clinical manual of the diseases of the ear - Page 41by Laurence Turnbull - 1872 - 470 pagesFull view - About this book
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