Nasal polypus with neuralgia, hay fever, & asthma in relation to ethmoiditis / by Edward Woakes.

  • Woakes, Edward.
Date:
1887
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Credit: Nasal polypus with neuralgia, hay fever, & asthma in relation to ethmoiditis / by Edward Woakes. 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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    Poly pits CHAP. tact with it. When not obscured by crusts of dried secretion, the surface of the tumours throws back a bright reflex of Hght. Their size is, on an average, that of an ordinary date-stone, though some are much larger. The septum almost always yields before the pressure of the tumour when this is unilateral, and is pushed over to the other side. The nasal bone and the corresponding process of the superior maxilla likewise yield to some extent, so that on careful examination the external surface of the nose may be recognised as having become slightly expanded. If the disease be bilateral, this appearance will be more marked; as, however, its access is gradual and symmetrical, the broadening of the bridge of the nose often remains unnoticed. Later in the course of the disease a proliferating stage is reached. The mucous surface of the tumour, instead of Fig. VI.-The disease fully developed. 3- flatter than fully-developcd of lymphoid or mucous-membrane granulation tissue. Some of these incipient myxomatous outgrowths spring from the surface of the spongy process, while others protrude being red and glistening, is now more or less covered with soft reddish fleshy growths. At this early stage of their development they possess very little of the characteristic appear- ance of mucous polypi, which, however, they may be destined to become, but are firmer, redder, and