Adenoid growths in the naso-pharynx / by W.R.H. Stewart.

  • Stewart, William Robert Henry, 1852-1906.
Date:
[between 1880 and 1889?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Adenoid growths in the naso-pharynx / by W.R.H. Stewart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    *■ s $***! fm ADENOID GROWTHS IN THE NASOPHARYNX, By W. R. H. STEWART, AURAL SURGEON TO THE GREAT NORTHERN CENTRAL HOSPITAL ; SURGEON TO THE LONDON THROAT HOSPITAL. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen.—Dr. Henty having kindly asked me to say something this evening in connection with the branch of surgery in which I am more particularly interested, I propose to make a few remarks about adenoid growths in the naso-pharynx, commonly called post-nasal growths. I have decided on this disease, as I think it is one that should claim the special interest and attention, not only of the specialist but of every practitioner of medicine and surgery from the fact, that, although it is very common, is easily diagnosed if properly looked for, and as easily got rid of if properly treated, the whole future health and prosperity of a child is at stake if the existence of these growths is not recognized and a correct line of treatment carried out, and yet the fact remains that their presence is often overlooked, and, as an instance, only last month a boy was brought to me, a naval cadet on the Britannia, aged fifteen-and-a-half, who had been gradually getting deafer, and had at last been told by the authorities that if the deafness continued he would have to find some other berth, as he was too deaf for a sailor. Ilis tonsils had been removed some four years previously, and the medical officer in charge of the ship having declared