Diseases of the ear, nose, and throat and their accessory cavities : A condensed text-book / By Seth Scott Bishop.

  • Bishop, Seth Scott, 1852-1923.
Date:
1897
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Credit: Diseases of the ear, nose, and throat and their accessory cavities : A condensed text-book / By Seth Scott Bishop. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    Chloroform and helladonna liniment may be employed for external applications. Steam-inhalations containing conium and benzoin may prove grateful. One should bear in mind that there is always a possibility of a syphilitic taint, -which would yield to specific treatment, and a trial of the effects of sodium or potassium iodide should be made. Operative measures may relieve the immediate suffering from impending suffocation, and may prolong life for several months. In October, 1895, Roswell Park reported a case of total extirpation of the larynx for epithelioma. Fourteen weeks after the operation the patient presented himself at the clinic the picture of health. Operations within the larynx are deprecated by some authorities: Browne and Newman. Gal- vano-cauterization produces only temporary benefit. Trache- otomy offers the greatest promise of relief from suffocation and may prolong life from two to four years. SARCOMATA. These are very rare tumors of rapid growth, and attain to a large size. Their appearances differ widely, sometimes resem- bling fibromata or papillomata. Only a microsco])ical exami- nation can give a positive diagnosis. They do not kill as soon as epithelioma does, but are destructive of life sooner or later. They should be removed by some of the methods already described for the extirpation of other tumors. Max Toeplitz reports a case of chondrosarcoma cured by intra-laryngeal operation {Transactions of the International Medical Congress, 1890). Foreign Bodies in the Larynx. During inspiration while eating or in the act of laughing- foreign bodies are drawn into the larynx, where they find lodgment. Symptomatology.—The presence of any foreign body in the larynx excites most violent coughing and symptoms of strangu- lation. If the body is of such a size and contour as not to completely fill up the lumen of the canal, breathing may pro-