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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Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ' Having said tlms much of the local remedies foP' laryngeal diseases, and having shown, as I trust, that I am not disposed to undervalue them, I yet feel it a duty to remark upon the possibility that the larjmj^ may get too much of local treatment. The laryngo>i scope has brought this organ so completely within ourl reach, that we are all exposed to the temptation ofB being too meddlesome. We may be too apt to forgetjjil that a structural disease, strictly limited to the larynx,j may yet be constitutional in its origin, and require a plan of treatment based upon the recognition of that) fact. If we can avoid the error to which I have here] alluded, the introduction of the laryngoscope will be an unmixed good both to ourselves and to our patients, and it will soon be acknowledged to be one of the most valuable additions that have ever been made tO' our means of diagnosis and treatment. t cox A.VD WV.MAX, PIUXTERS, GREAT QCEEK STREET, tCiNDOV.