Hæmorrhage following tonsillotomy / by J. Walker Downie.

  • Downie, J. Walker, (James Walker), 1855-1921.
Date:
[1887]
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Credit: Hæmorrhage following tonsillotomy / by J. Walker Downie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    IHiEMORRHAGE FOLLOWING TONSILLOTOMY. By J. WALKER DOWNIE, M.B., F.F.P.S.G., LECTURER OX DISEASES OF THE EAR AND THROAT, WESTERN MEDICAL SCHOOL, GLASGOW ; SURGEON, THROAT DEPARTMENT, ANDERSON'S COLLEGE DISPENSARY, ETC. Reprinted from, the Edinburgh Medical Journal for September 1887. In the Edinburgh Medical JourTial for August last I published aan article on Hfernorrhage following Tonsillotomy, illustrated Iby a case—to my mind a very exceptional case—which occurred in tthe course of my work a few months previously. As many were iinterested in that communication, I think it right that the sub- jssequent history of that case should also be published. The notes as published ended where the patient left Glasgow for the EHighlands to recruit, which was towards the end of November 1885. TThere he slowly regained his strength, was able to work about the ccroft, and to walk considerable distances to visit old friends. Early iin the summer of 1886 he felt sufficiently strong to resume his previous occupation, that of police constable, and with this object he returned to Glasgow in June. Although he received on leaving i the-Glasgow force a very liigh character, he was unabte to get a Ipost. He became anxious, worried on account of being compelled tto live on the earnings of others, and as a result neglected himself— lifrequently remained long without food while calling on those who might by their influence gain him an appointment. 1 saw him occasionally. The choking sensation at the back of :lhe throat, for relief of which the tonsils had been operated upon, remained in abeyance; but he still complained of a feeling of iiepression over epigastrium. On 24t]i September 1886, at 2 a.m., 1[ was requested to see M'l. without delay, as his throat was blced- r.ng profusely. I lost no time in getting to his lodging, when I round him sitting before the fire with an ordinary ware S[)itoon by I lis side filled to overflowing with bright red blood, lie had been out of town, and in his anxiety to make the most of his time that ilay he had had little or no food after breakfast. In the evening u