Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Pads and bandages for the ear. Designed and drawn by Thomas Buchanan, 1825. He writes: Fig 1) The pad may be formed of wool or cotton (or cork), made so as to fill up the vacancy between the head and the back part of the auricle ... it should be brushed over with a thin coat of glue and rolled in fine cotton wool. Fig 2) A piece of narrow tape should be sewed to the posterior and inferior part of the pad, the loose end to be passed under the occipital protuberance, and fastened on the other side to the tape that is passed under the chin. Engraving and text By: Thomas BuchananIllustrations of acoustic surgery Thomas Buchanan Published: 1825