Disorders of the upper respiratory tract and the ear medical care.
account for almost 50070 of all illness in children under The
photographs of throats were taken on Koda- 5 years and 30% in children
aged 5-12 years. The chrome 64 film using a Micro Nikkor 55 mm lens and
time taken to examine the mouth, throat and ear in a a Nikkormat FTN
camera with a Sunpak GX 8R ri- flash. . young child is frequently brief
and often no more than a fleeting glimpse can be obtained of the area
affected. In the case of ear examination, photography With this in mind
we considered- that an atlas of through an auriscope provides serious
limitations as common conditions was required in the literature of the
pictures obtained give only a narrow angle of view childhood diseases.
allowing only a small area of the tympanic membrane This atlas includes
conditions which lend them- to be seen at one time. For this reason, the
ear photo- selves to illustration and is by no means compre- graphs were
taken using a 4 mm diameter Storz Tele- hensive. The photographs were
all taken from otoscope. This provides a wide-angle view of the children
presenting in general practice in the United whole eardrum and adjacent
external auditory canal.