The use of the laryngoscope in diseases of the throat : with an appendix on rhinoscopy / by Morell Mackenzie.

  • Mackenzie, Sir Morell, 1837-1892.
Date:
1865
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    24, page 127), in others, where the epiglottis is Chap. ]V. drawn tightly to the tongue, only the under surface is visible (Fig. 21, page 122). In the centre of the free edge is a slight notch (Fig. 21), which gives to the epiglottis, when seen in its entirety, its foliate appearance. But the free edge of the valve is more often turned upon itself, so that in the reflexion, the notch is lost sight of, and the border appears round (Figs. 8, 9, and others). In some cases, on account of the inclination of the epiglottis, only the profile of its free edge is visible in the mirror (see Fig. 25, page 129). In these cases the valve is represented by a thin line. Above the epiglottis, the glosso-epiglotti- dean folds (g e) may be seen, passing upwards and backwards to the tongue; the profile of the latter, —that is to say, of its posterior superior border— is seen as a horizontal line, which, on account of the projecting papillae, is somewhat uneven. The ary-epiglottidean * folds {a e) which form Ary-epiglot- tidean folds. On account of the extreme length of the term arytamo- epiglottidcan folds, following the Germans, I have dropped the third and fourth syllables of this unnecessarily and inconve- niently long word.
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