Throat ailments : more especially the enlarged tonsil and elongated uvula in connexion with defects of voice, speech, hearing, deglutition, respiration, cough, nasal obstruction, and the imperfect development of health, strength, and growth, in young persons / by James Yearsley.

  • Yearsley, James, 1805-1869.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Throat ailments : more especially the enlarged tonsil and elongated uvula in connexion with defects of voice, speech, hearing, deglutition, respiration, cough, nasal obstruction, and the imperfect development of health, strength, and growth, in young persons / by James Yearsley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Spasm of the Glottis—Topical Applications—Gargles—Fumiga- tions—Elastic Tube aud Bottle—Nitrate of Silver—Iodine—Acute Inflammation—Puncture of Inflamed Tonsils—Bronchotomy—Ton- silotomy—Rules for performing Tonsilotomy — Applications to the Uvula—Uvulotomy—Snipping reprehensible—Preference to be given to entire Excision ....... 46 CHAPTER VIII. OBSTRUCTIONS OP THE NOSE. Nature of the Obstruction—Expression of the Face—Impeded Re- spiration—Elfects on the Voice and on the Sense of Smell—Con- nexion with the Hearing—Function of the Eustachian Tubes— Treatment—The Author's Naso-guttural Probe—Errhines—The Authors Elastic Naso-guttural Tube and Bottle for washing the Throat through the Nose — Causes of Nasal Obstruction — Cases . 65 CHAPTER IX. SELECTION OF CASES. In illustration of the prejudicial influence of Morbid Conditions of the Throat on the Voice, Speech, Hearing, Deglutition, Respira- tion, and the Development of Health, Strength, and Growth of Young Persons 79 APPENDIX. (A) Lecture on the Nature and Influence of Enlarged Tonsils, more particularly with relation to the Development of the General Orga- nism, delivered by M. Chassaignac. 10U (B) On the Treatment of Enlarged Tonsils and Elongated Uvula by Excision and by Local Applications, by T. W. Garlike, F. R.C.S. j 07 (C) Opinions of Eminent Authorities Ill (D) Letter to the Author from John Woolcott, Escp, F.R.C.S . 112