title: A century ago: Adam Politzer published the first volume of his History of Otology.
abstract: In 1907, Adam Politzer published his famous History of Otology, which is already considered the best reference in the history of otology. This article shortly describes its content, the compliments the text got from Politzer's colleagues, and how Politzer was able to write it.
authors: ENT and HNS, Lausanne, Switzerland. amudry@worldcom.ch
authors: Albert
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authors: Mudry
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000266:history*