The use of the laryngoscope in diseases of the throat : with an appendix on rhinoscopy / by Morell Mackenzie.

  • Mackenzie, Morell, 1837-1892.
Date:
1866
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Credit: The use of the laryngoscope in diseases of the throat : with an appendix on rhinoscopy / by Morell Mackenzie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    T7ISITING Professor Czermak, at Pesth, in the year 1859, I became acquainted with Laryngo- scopy, whilst the art was still in its cradle. Since then, I have devoted much time and attention to this new department of practical medicine ; and I trust that this treatise—though merely an outline of the subject—will show that my labour has not been altogether in vain. Whilst paying due regard to the theoretical aspect of Laryngoscopy, I have especially endea- voured to elucidate its practical bearings. In en- tering into minute details concerning the mode of employing the laryngeal mirror, in accurately de- scribing the various laryngeal instruments, and in carefully explaining their manipulation, it is my hope that the art of Laryngoscopy may be more readily understood and more widely practised. In the treatment of so thoroughly technical a subject, I felt that good illustrations were a matter