Auricular Clyster, Otenchytes, and Pyoulcos: Precursors of the Ear Syringe

Conclusion: Latin auricular clyster and Greek otenchytes and pyoulcos, in the few ancient texts in which they occur, designate tools of a large variety of shapes and uses, significantly different from Heron's description of piston-driven pyoulcos.
Source: Otology and Neurotology - Category: ENT & OMF Tags: History of Otology Source Type: research