DIPHTHERIA

ITS NATURE AND TREATMENT, ETC.

By the same Author. Will appear in a few weeks.

A MANUAL OF

DISEASES OF THE THROAT AND NOSE.

1st Section.-DISEASES OF THE PHARYNX.

Catarrh, Retro-pharyngeal Abscess, Granular Pharyngitis, Putrid Sore Throat, Tonsillitis, Enlarged Tonsils, Cancer, Non-malignant Tumours, Phthisis, Diphtheria, etc.

2nd Section.-DISEASES OF THE LARYNX.

Acute Catarrhal Laryngitis, Abscess, Acute Edema, Chronic Laryngitis, Perichondritis, Chronic Edema, Cancer, Tumours, Phthisis, Lupus, Neuroses, etc. etc.

3rd Section.-DISEASES OF THE TRACHEA.

Tracheitis, Cancer, Non-malignant Tumours, Phthisis, Tracheocele, Stenosis, etc. etc.

4th Section.-DISEASES OF THE ESOPHAGUS.

etc.

Esophagitis, Dilatation, Cancer, Non-malignant Tumours, Wounds, etc.

5th Section.-DISEASES OF THE NOSE.

Catarrh, Purulent Nasal Catarrh, Polypus, Glanders, Chronic Rhinitis, Epistaxis, Cancer, Glandular Disease, etc. etc.

6th Section.-DISEASES OF THE NECK.

Scrofula, Lymphoma, Sarcoma, Coitre, Exophthalmic Bronchocele, Cysts, Aneurisms, etc. etc.

SENIOR PHYSICIAN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE THROAT AND CHEST
CONSULTING PHYSICIAN TO THE NORTH-EASTERN HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN
AND LECTURER ON DISEASES OF THE THROAT AT THE LONDON HOSPITAL MEDICAL

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L138
M15

1879

PREFACE.

NEARLY twenty years having elapsed since any English work has appeared on the subject of Diphtheria, and medical views as to the nature and treatment of the disease having undergone considerable development during that period, it has appeared to me that a short sketch of the affection, from one who has had considerable opportunities of studying it, might be of interest, and possibly of use, to the profession.

A malady which, under various names, has existed for so many thousand years, which has been so widely diffused, and which has caused such dire havoc, must always be of interest to the student of medicine.

The victims of the disease have generally been children of tender years, but vigorous youth has frequently fallen under the scourge, and anxious parents have too often suffered for their watchful salicitude. In its attacks it shows no respect for distinctions of sex or social position. Rich and poor, strong and weak, alike fall beneath its onslaught, and its ravages are greater in scattered villages than among the crowded denizens of our great cities.