Eustachian tube catheterisation (1724), myringotomy (1724) and mastoidectomy (1774)

Medical taxonomy meets the upper respiratory tract

SA Margolis - Australian Family Physician, 2016

... while
laryngology started with Benjamin Babington at Guy's Hospital, London, with his mirrored
instrument to view the vocal chords (1829).1 Perhaps it was the unlikely union of physicians ...