On diseases of the throat, epiglottis, and windpipe : including diphtheria, nervous sore-throat, displacements of the cartilages, weakness of the voice and chest: their symptoms, progress, and treatment / By George D. Gibb.

  • George Duncan Gibb
Date:
1860
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Credit: On diseases of the throat, epiglottis, and windpipe : including diphtheria, nervous sore-throat, displacements of the cartilages, weakness of the voice and chest: their symptoms, progress, and treatment / By George D. Gibb. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the oesophagus itself. Although the disease is gene- rally chronic, and seldom seen at the onset from the insidious character of its invasion, yet it is not until many months or years afterwards that we notice some of the lesions which it produces. These shall presently be referred to. The symptoms presented by this complaint are those of chronic irritation of the throat, as evidenced by frequent attempts at hemming and hawking, as it were to clear the throat of phlegm; this may or may not be associated with efforts at deglutition. There is hoarseness or roughness of the voice, which be- comes increased by much talking, reading, preaching, or singing, and the irritation produced compels a cessation of the use of the vocal organs. Some slight soreness is occasionally observed about the larynx ; there is an absence of cough, although there is an expectoration from the larynx and fauces of a tough, thick, opaque, and adherent mucus. On looking into the throat, the appearances which are at first noticed are, general enlargement of the mucous follicles at the posterior part of the pharynx, which stand out quite prominently on a red membrane in places deprived of its epithelial covering, giving to the whole a raw or granulated aspect. This condition is that which may have existed for years, remaining in a stationary character, unless aggravated by some cause or another, of which changes in temperature and undue exercise of the voice are recognised as the most active. As the disease advances, these follicles
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