The laryngoscope : directions for its use, and practical illustrations of its value in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the throat and nose : two lectures delivered at the Royal College of Physicians / by George Johnson.

  • Johnson, George, 1818-1896.
Date:
1864
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    CO of the larynx. This feat has been accomplished nowi< in numerous cases, and with the most satisfactory- results. On the table are a variety of instruments' that have been used by different operators ; amongst i others, Dr. Mackenzie’s forceps, made by Krohne,] and Dr. Gibb’s (icraseur, by Weiss. The one seems^ better adapted to remove warty growths ; the other,, pedunculated tumours. Dr. Walker, of Peterborough, was the first who in this country succeeded in re-’ moving a tumour from the larynx by means of a wme.* In all operations for the removal of tumours the instrument is guided to the exact site of the tumour by the aid of the laryngeal mirror, which is held in the left hand of the operator. In some cases of inflammatory swelling and oedema of the interior of the laiynx, scarification is of great . service. : I have already mentioned one case in which punc- ; turing the mucous membrane rapidly reduced an i cedematous swelling over the arytenoid cartilages. Here is a very convenient scarificator made under the direction of Dr. Morell Mackenzie by Messrs. Krohne. It will be seen that the point of the instrument is guarded by a metallic tube until it is pushed out by a lever. One of the most splendid illustrations of the good which may result from scarification of the larynx was afforded by a case which Mr. Durham lately com- municated to the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society.f * Tlie Lancet, vol. ii. 1861, p. 444. t Ibid. vol. ii. 1863, p. 593.