aurist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of aurist
Example Sentences
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Her father and mother, hearing of Dr. Hartwig as having the reputation of being the first aurist in Europe, took her out to him.
From The Lost Heir by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
In civil life this officer, a colonel of volunteers, had been an aurist of some note and the physician in attendance in a deaf-and-dumb asylum.
From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles
He began experimenting with an apparatus resembling the human ear, and upon the suggestion of Dr. Clarence J. Blake, the Boston aurist, he tried his work upon a prepared specimen of the ear itself.
From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre
This truly important discovery for the cure of deafness, obviating as it does all the former dangerous and fatal operations, has been made by the eminent aurist, DR.
From Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
If the pain continues it is wiser to have an aurist lance the drum, to avoid complications, than to wait for the drum membrane to break open spontaneously in his absence.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm
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