The Influence of Pregnancy on Otosclerosis

Abstract

THE relation of pregnancy to otosclerosis, the indication for abortion and the effect of abortion on the progress of the disease are topics that have rarely been discussed in the English medical literature. The literature in Europe in the last decade has been stimulated and influenced by German attempts to lay down rules for their eugenics courts to regulate this particular disease. In this country, no formal statements have been made on the subject, yet the interruption of a pregnancy complicating otosclerosis is not an infrequent procedure in hospitals.Material and MethodsAll the cases of otosclerosis at the University . . .