Dysphonia clericorum or clergyman's sore-throat : its pathology, treatment, and prevention / by James Mackness.
- Mackness, James, 1804-1851.
- Date:
- 1848
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Dysphonia clericorum or clergyman's sore-throat : its pathology, treatment, and prevention / by James Mackness. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![])havyngeal cavity. The mucous membrane preserves most frequently its ordinary colour, but it seems to be thicker; and to be strewed with visible follicles and anormal papillae, more or less prominent. The secretion of unhealthy mucus itself only claims atten- tion so far as it indicates the morbid process which produces it. In the earlier stages of follicular disease of the throat, a favorable prognosis may usually be made. ReposC of the vocal organs is of course imperative; without this all other treatment will be useless, and as this is an important point in the different states of disease now under con^ sideration, it is perhaps desirable to dwell a little on it. In every form of this malady, whether milder or graver, rest is absolutely necessary. As well might we expect that union should take place in a fractured thigh-bone whilst the patient was continually moving it, as that the morbid process, which has been called into action by the inordinate exercise of the vocal organs, should be cured whilst they are kept in constant action. The two following cases are selected from many others which testify to the great ad- vantage of mere rest of the voice, apart from the aid of other treatment, and to its efficacy in checking the advance of the disease, even where complete recovery is not effected. The first case was in the early stage, when there was a deficiency of the mucous secretion. Now it must be self- evident, that when the secretion of the mucous membrane of the throat is deficient, every movement of the vocal organs must tend to increase the malady—much as ma- chinery is spoiled by friction in the absence of proper oiling—with this difference, that in the latter case the parts' acted upon are in their nature insensible and passive, while in the former they arc highly sensitive, and easily excited to increased action. «](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22322917_0089.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
