Clinical Manual For The Study Of Diseases Of The Throat Second Edition Revised And In Large Measure Re Written With 104 Illustrations

Author : James Walker Downie
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230085562
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Clinical Manual for the Study of Diseases of the Throat written by James Walker Downie and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...and the prognosis and treatment likewise. Prognosis.--The effects of the presence of new growths in the larynx are, as has been said, two-fold, namely, interference with voice and interference with respiration, the latter so great sometimes as to threaten life. In giving a prognosis therefore, both of these points must be seriously considered. The hope of recovering and retaining clear voice after treatment, depends largely on the size, position, and nature of the growth. When it is single, pedunculated, and can be removed through the mouth, the normal vocal functions will, in the majority of cases, be restored by its removal. When the tumour is large and sessile, and in the case of papillomata, which tend to recur after removal, clear voice, after operation, cannot be promised, though it may, and often does, follow. Death from suffocation, from the presence of benign growths in the larynx, is, in adults, very rare, and by appropriate treatment is in all cases preventible. In children, on the other hand, prognosis is more serious, on account of the smaller calibre of the larynx and from the readiness with which spasm is induced. Frequent attacks of laryngismus in a child, associated with a husky voice, or with aphonia, is of grave significance, and calls for active treatment. Treatment.--In considering the treatment to be adopted where there are growths in the larynx, I am in the habit of dividing the subject into medicinal and surgical measures, the latter being subdivided into curative and palliative procedures. Some few isolated instances have been reported of spontaneous cure, the growth being dislodged by coughing; and other cases of spontaneous disappearance have occurred while a tracheotomy tube was being worn. Absorption of warty...