On exuberant growths of the tonsils as a fertile source of delicate health and arrest of development in young persons : with the treatment to be adopted for their removal / by James Yearsley.

  • Yearsley, James, 1805-1869.
Date:
1866
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Credit: On exuberant growths of the tonsils as a fertile source of delicate health and arrest of development in young persons : with the treatment to be adopted for their removal / by James Yearsley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. Morbid Conditions of the Throat generaUy—Variety of Effects from Enlarged Tonsils—Arrest of Growth in Young Persons—How accounted for—Casein Illustration—Effect upon the General Health —Case—Operative Measures, the dernier ressort of the Surgeon— CHAPTER I. EFFECTS OF. MORBID CONDITIONS OF THE THROAT ON THE VOICE AND SPEECH. Definition of Voice and Speech—Aphonia—Dysphonia—Thick and Nasal Speech—Drawling—Stammering—Effects on the Compass of the Voice—Gain of Compass, Quality, and Power, after Ex- cision of the Uvula , . . 9 CHAPTER II. EFFECTS OF MORBID CONDITIONS OF THE THROAT ON THE ORGAN OF HEARING. Opinions of Aural Authorities—UpAvard Growth of the Tonsil— Diminished Calibre of the Eustachian Tubes—Erroneous Opinion of Itard on the Function of the Drum—Atmospheric Pressure on the Drum—Mucous Engorgement of the Tubes—Otorrhcea—Tin- nitus—Intimate Connexion between the Throat and the Ear . 15 CHAPTER III. EFFECTS OF MORBID CONDITIONS OF THE THROAT ON THE LUNGS AND RESPIRATION. Varieties of Tonsillary Enlargement—Dyspnoea—Stertorous Breath- ing—Cause of Mortality in Scarlatina—Croup—Spasmodic Stric-