The Journal of Laryngology and Rhinology, Volume 1

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F.A. Davis., 1887
 

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Page 234 - Philadelphia), desires to obtain results of the new treatment of pulmonary consumption and phthisis by gaseous enemata, for publication in The Polyclinic. The correct therapeutic value of this method can only be arrived at by the collection of statistics, and he therefore requests any one who has administered the gas to communicate the result to him, the formula used, and any special information that may be useful.
Page 372 - That the disease of these tissues induces, in the ganglionic centers connected with them, an abnormal activity, which is reflected to other tissues and organs. 3. That the sensitive areas in the nose are not confined to any particular locality, and that there are no zones in the nose that when irritated invariably produce the same manifestations.
Page 372 - ... when irritated invariably produce the same manifestations. 4. That the direction in which the irritation is reflected is, like an electric current, always along the line of least resistance, and that from the same region it may be reflected in one direction at one time, and in the opposite direction at another time. 5.. That the disease in the nose may produce disease in other portions of the respiratory tract, which may become independent centers of irritation.
Page 462 - that the laryngologist of the future must be more the rhinologist, and the rhinologist more the surgeon than the physician" — has been fully borne out by the evidence afforded by our literature alone.
Page 283 - But there are some rules which I beg you will follow faithfully. These are: i, Give calomel in its purity. 2, Give it in large doses. 3, Give it frequently. 4, Give it until you have the free and characteristic catharsis. 5, Give light, nutritious diet. 6, Give little or no other medicine.
Page 164 - We are still in want of some remedy, or remedies, to effect the cure of laryngeal phthisis. 2. Notwithstanding this want, the local (palliative) treatment of the disease is incumbent upon every physician. 3. Many of the cases quoted by various writers are of an extremely hypothetical nature, inasmuch as they have not been a sufficient time under observation. 4.
Page 105 - There is nothing in the occurrence of scarlatina and diphtheria of wounds, and of other mucous surfaces than the fauces, to contravene the hypothesis that the poisons of these diseases in ordinary cases enter at the tonsils. (9) The tonsils are absorbent glands, and their function may not improbably be connected with the absorption of certain elements from the saliva.
Page 348 - ... (7) Lift the cricoid cartilage forward and carefully separate it with the edge of the knife from the inferior cornua of the thyroid, laterally and superiorly, and then from the oesophagus posteriorly. (8) Insert a finger into the pharynx from below and carry its tip over the epiglottis to draw that structure down. (9) Divide the thyrohyoid membrane and the fibrous tissues still holding. (10) Lift out the exsected respiratory portion of the larynx.
Page 255 - The front of the trachea can in this way be cleared perfectly, and, since the method is bloodless, the rings of the tube are seen glistening white at the bottom of the wound. The trachea can now be fixed readily between the left index finger and thumb, and opened to the desired extent. There is little or no difficulty in introducing the cannula, since the trachea can be so steadily fixed and the incision into it so clearly seen. The above method resembles in many particulars the " bloodless " method...
Page 347 - Seize the freed angular portion of the thyroid cartilage, comprising its entire respiratory contingent, with a volsella forceps and draw it to either side, the soft parts being separated meanwhile from the inner surfaces of the detached wings of the thyroid cartilages with the handle of the scalpel. (6) Make a transverse cut to sever the cricoid cartilage from the trachea. [At this step...

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