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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Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ment, and if any thickening remains of the lips of the glottis, which may be known by an occasional difficulty of breathing during exercise, or undue exer- tion, the internal use of small doses of the bichloride of mercury and iodide of potassium, or either with any suitable combination, will be found effectual in causing absorption of the interstitial deposit, and affording complete relief. Whilst the ulceration is undergoing treatment, quiet and rest are necessary, and the use of the voice is strictly to be prohibited. Should there be a tendency to spasm of the muscles of the glottis towards night, some mild anodyne may be adminis- tered. According, however, to the indications present, so shall such general remedies of a tonic nature be ordered, combined with an unstimulating and yet most nourishing diet. Notwithstanding all that has just been recom- mended, if it can be clearly foreseen that the improve- ment is likely to prove only transitory, and some of the more serious complications are likely to arise as mentioned in the succeeding chapter, and if, more- over, we should feel satisfied, from the frequency of attacks of spasm, of the likelihood of the occurrence of some sudden suffocative seizure, then it is here most strongly recommended to make a fistulous opening into the trachea, and constantly to keep it patulous. This proceeding will give the vocal organs such an amount of rest and quietude as shall permit of considerable comfort to the patient, and will not