On diseases of the throat, epiglottis, and windpipe : including diphtheria, nervous sore-throat, displacements of the cartilages, weakness of the voice and chest: their symptoms, progress, and treatment / By George D. Gibb.

  • Gibb, G. Duncan (George Duncan), Sir, 1821-1876.
Date:
1860
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    Mr. Travers in the seventh volume of the ' Med.- Chir. Trans./ and quoted by Ryland. In hysterical females, this symptom is one of the vagaries which presents itself, as has been already noticed in Chapter XII. A very common cause of inability to swallow, is a slight contraction of the upper part of the canal, arising from colds, engendered by sitting in draughts between windows and doors, or in an omnibus, with a direct draught blowing upon the neck. If the general health is good, and there is no predisposi- tion to inflammatory action, the dysphagia disappears of itself, or may be dispersed in a day or two, by drinking warm liquids, and adopting moderate care. It should not be allowed to become chronic, and is readily amenable to treatment. A person subject to dysphagia should be made aware of what it depends upon; for if it is irreme- diable, his attention ought to be diverted from it. Sudden attacks of dysphagia, temporary in their nature, no doubt arise from a spasm of the gullet, consequent upon increased or deranged sensibility, and are often witnessed in nervous and hysterical people. This subject is further illustrated in Chapter XXIX, on the Affections of the Gullet.