Tracheotomy in membranous laryngitis : the indications for its adoption, and some special points as regards its after-treatment / by Robert William Parker.

  • Parker, Robert William, -1913.
Date:
1879
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Credit: Tracheotomy in membranous laryngitis : the indications for its adoption, and some special points as regards its after-treatment / by Robert William Parker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TEACHEOTOMY IK MEMBEANOUS LAEYNGITIS: THE INDICATIONS FOR ITS ADOPTION, AND SOME SPECIAL POINTS AS REGARDS ITS AFTER-TREATMENT. BY ROBERT WILLIAM PARKER, M.R.C.S., ASSISTANT SURGEON TO THE EAST LONDON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL; SURGICAL REGISTRAR TO THE LONDON HOSPITAL. (Received October 22nd—Read November 26th, 1878.) t( Un remede experiments vaut mieux qu'un desespoir assure. Tracheotomy is performed for various diseases involving the larynx, either directly or indirectly. It is, however, with cases of membranous inflammation of the larynx and trachea, either with or without pharyngeal complication, that I am at present concerned. It will not be necessary to discuss the identity or otherwise of these diseases, as the principles of surgical treatment, which I venture to submit for consideration will, I believe, be found applicable to all cases where laryngitis is accompanied by a deposit of membrane, leading to mechanical obstruction, whether they be called croup or diphtheria. Before entering on the indications for the performance