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1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια viii. xvii. 589 But it [sc. the membrane] may most properly bee called not the Tympane or drumme; but the membrane or head of the drumme, because it is stretched vpon the bony circle.

1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Triumph of Faith v. 36 There's a carnosity on the Tympanium auris, the drum.

1696 tr. C. G. Le Clerc Compl. Surgeon 25 But the other part within the Drum advanceth to the Fenestra Ovalis, and is inserted in the hinder part of the Handle of the Malleus.

1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous i. 20 Motion in the external Air..striking on the Drum of the Ear [printed Air], it causes a Vibration.

1766 J. Beattie Wolf & Shepherds in Poems Several Subj. 114 A Beau..With loud and everlasting clack, [will] beat your auditory drum.

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. iii. 47 The office of the drum of the ear is to spread out an extended surface, capable of receiving the impressions of sound.

1867 J. Tyndall Sound viii. 323 Across the cavity of the drum stretches a series of four little bones.

1882 G. W. Cox Little Cycl. Common Things 186/2 The air in the drum of the ear also helps also helps to carry the sound-waves.

1922 Laryngoscope 32 65 If, after 24 hours, there is still bulging of the drum and high temperature, one should not wait longer.

1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) xii. 175 The membrane, which resembles in function the drum of an ear, is connected with a small ganglion.

2003 A. L. Menner Pocket Guide Ear v. 53 The drum has good mobility and the hearing is near normal.