Abstract:The interest of my associates and myself in the subject of intestinal intoxication in infants was first aroused by the statement of various writers that a definite causal relationship exists between this condition and the clinical and pathologic findings in the middle ear and mastoid antrum, the latter being the primary factor. From the start, we were opposed to the view expressed that the otologist should disregard the otologic findings and be guided by the pediatrist in deciding for or against operative inte… Show more
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