This textbook is being read for the last over 25 years generation after generation of medical students and practitioners in the field of Ear, Nose and Throat related diseases. It contains a comprehensive information about the specific ENT problems which are adequately evaluated so that treatment by general surgical methods is considered as the first choice. Also applications of skilled techniques by tertiary ENT-specialists in a variety of relatively rare and challenging issues have been discussed in this book. This compact volume serves the need of ENT specific problems and to enable the reader to identify rapidly and accurately as to what really is troubling a patient and how to treat the same without any loss of time. Most useful book for students and practitioners. SECTION ONE: EAR, 1. Development of the Ear, 2. Anatomy of the Ear, 3. Physiology of the Ear, 4. History Taking with Symptomatology of Ear Diseases, 5. Examination of the Ear, 6. Congenital Diseases of the External and Middle Ear, 7. Diseases of the External Ear, 8. Diseases of the Eustachian Tube, 9. Acute Suppurative Otitis Media and Acute Mastoiditis, 10. Chronic Supportive Otitis Media, 11. Complications of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media, 12. Nonsuppurative Otitis Media and Otitic Barotrauma, 13. Adhesive Otitis Media, 14. Mastoid and Middle Ear Surgery, 15. Otosclerosis, 16. Tumours of the Ear, 17. Otological Aspects of Facial Paralysis, 18. Meniere's Disease and other Common Disorders of the Inner Ear, 19. Ototoxicity, 20. Tinnitus, 21. Deafness, 22. Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implant, 23. Principles of Audiometry, SECTION TWO: NOSE, 24. Development and Anatomy of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses, 25. Physiology of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses, 26. Common Syymptoms of the Nasal and Paranasal Sinus Diseases, 27. Examination of the Nose, Paranasal Sinuses and Nasopharynx, 28. Congenital Diseases of the Nose, 29. Diseases of the External Nose, 30. Bony Injuries of the Face, 31. Foreign Bodies in the Nose, 32. Epistaxis, 33. Diseases of the Nasal Septum, 34. Acute Rhinitis, 35. Chronic Rhinitis, 36. Nasal Allegy, Vasomotor Rhinitis and Nasal Polyposis, 37. Sinusitis, 38. Tumours of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses, 39. Headache, 40. Facial Neuralgia (Pain in the Face), SECTION THREE: THROAT, 41. Oral Cavity and Pharynx, 42. Common Symptoms of Oropharyngeal Diseases and the Method of Examination, 43. Common Diseases of the Buccal Cavity, 44. Cysts and Fistulae of the Neck, 45. Salivary Glands, 46. Pharyngitis, 47. Tonsillitis, 48. Adenoids, 49. Pharyngeal Abscess, 50. Tumours of the Pharynx, 51. Miscellaneous Conditions of the Throat, 52. Larynx and Tracheobronchial Tree, 53. Physiology of the Larynx, 54. Common Symptoms of Laryngeal Diseases, 55. Examination of the Larynx, 56. Stridor, 57. Acute Laryngitis, 58. Chronic Laryngitis, 59. Laryngeal Trauma, 60. laryngocele, 61. Oedema of the Larynx, 62. Foreign Body in the Larynx and Tracheobronchial Tree, 63. Laryngeal Paralysis, 64. Tracheostomy, 65. Disorders of Voice, 66. Tumours of the Larynx, 67. Block Dissection of the Neck, 68. Thyroid, 69. Bronchoscopy, 70. Oesophagus, 71. Common Oesophageal Diseases in ENT Practice, 72. Oesophagoscopy, 73. Laser Surgery in ENT, 74. Principles of Radiolotherapy, 75. Syndromes in Otorhinolaryngology, 76. Common ENT Instruments.