A guide to the examination of the nose : with remarks on the diagnosis of diseases of the nasal cavities / by E. Cresswell Baber.

  • Baber, E. Cresswell.
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1886
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    The exact mode, however, in which they originate and whether from any special parts of the mucous membrane is still undecided.* national Medical Congress at Copenhagen, 1884, Centralblatt fur Laryngologie, Rhinologie, etc., I, 4, edited by F. Semon ; also Proceedings of the Laryngological section of the 57th meeting of German Naturalists and Physicians, Magdeburg, 18S4, Ibidem, I, 5. * Whether the anterior or posterior parts of the turbinated bodies more commonly give rise to these reflex neuroses is still an open question. John Mackenzie is in favour of the latter region, whilst Hack, and with him many other observers, regard the anterior parts as the usual seat of the irritation. There is no doubt, however, that the irritation may originate in other parts of the nasal mucous membrane, such as the middle turbinated body. Woakes {Post-Nasal Catarrh, 1S84, p. 107) considers that many wide-reaching reflexes originate in the naso-pharyngeal cavity. Hack (op. cit.), was at first of opinion that these reflex neuroses only occurred after erection of the anterior part of the inferior turbinated body, but he now {Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, July 10th, 1884) admits that this is not necessary for their production. It is to be noted that when the nasal passages are completely blocked by polypi, reflex neu- roses are often absent, but that they may make their appearance after the fossae have been made pervious by operative means (compare Hack, op. at., p. 10, and author's Case III., in Appendix). They are therefore not produced by nasal obstruction.