Sore throat : its nature, varieties, and treatment : including the connection between affections of the throat and other diseases / by Prosser James.

Date:
1886
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    similar afifection is associated with, periostitis of the lower jaw. Erysipelas and the puerperal state seem also to give rise to it. The connective tissue and muscles may be trans- formed into a brown semi-fluid mass mixed with sloughs. The parotid and submaxillary glands have been destroyed by gangrene, and secondary deposits have been found in various organs. It has been thought that antiphlogistics could prevent suppura- tion, but the disease is only seen in debilitated subjects. Pus has to be evacuated, and it is advised to search for it by deep incisions whenever the symptoms are urgent and no pointing is perceptible. When found, the insertion of deep hooks and the separation of the fascia is also advised. It is scarcely necessary to inculcate caution in using the knife in this region, when the position of parts is changed or obscured by the infiltration and swelling. Cynanche thyroidea, or bronchocele, or goitre, is a chronic enlargement of the thyroid body—a disease endemic in some localities, and generally attributed to the character of the w-ater drunk by the inhabitants. Its appearance is well known, and it is therefore un- necessary to describe all its varieties. Of late years they have been treated with more effect than formerly. The interstitial injection of iodine, proposed by Luton and Lucke, has given me some good results. I adopted it at an early period, a gentleman who had seen Lucke's early cases having communicated it to me. Since then I have applied electrolysis to the cure of bronchocele. I have also found the injection of ergotine successful.