Diseases of the upper respiratory tract - the nose, pharynx and larynx / by P. Watson Williams, M.D., Lond.

  • Williams, P. Watson (Patrick Watson), 1863-1938.
Date:
1894
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Credit: Diseases of the upper respiratory tract - the nose, pharynx and larynx / by P. Watson Williams, M.D., Lond. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    passages under the influence of an anaesthetic. If the maggots infest the nasal passages only, there is a pros- pect of cure ; but when the accessory sinus or the subcutaneous tissues were infiltrated, Kimball found that even 50 per cent, of carbolic acid, and 1 in 500 solution of perchloride of mercury, useless, while pure oil of turpentine only killed a few of the maggots. He advises the use of carbolised oil injections to relieve pain after the injection of pure chloroform.