Two cases of partial obstruction of a bronchus by a foreign body : with remarks on the operation of tracheotomy for its removal / by Thomas Bryant.

  • Bryant, Thomas, 1828-1914.
Date:
1890
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Credit: Two cases of partial obstruction of a bronchus by a foreign body : with remarks on the operation of tracheotomy for its removal / by Thomas Bryant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sence in tlie bronchus. On the former examination the left side if any seemed involved ; on the present it is the reverse.^’ With this uncertain view of his case the man refused to allow me to do what I wished, and operate upon him. On May 31st the man was apparently better, and he did not expectorate so much. Dr. Groodhart reported. The man is much better, chest much clearer. There is still, however, much tubular breathing of a whiffing character at the base of the right lung, and considerable : dulness. Pulse regular.^’ On June 12th the man left the hospital, twenty-six days after his admission. On July 20th, six weeks after his leaving Guy’s, he was taken into the infirmary of St. Saviour’s parish, as his cough had much increased, and he felt ill. Dr. Gross, Fig. 1. who has medical charge of the infirmary, reported that the man on his admission was very much emaciated, and I had a constant cough, with profuse expectoration of foetid pus. The whole of the right side of his chest was dull, and there were loud numerous rMes throughout. He died on August 4th, exhausted. At the post-mortem made by Dr. Gross, the button was