Clinical notes on diseases of the larynx : investigated and treated with the assistance of the laryngoscope / by William Marcet.

  • Marcet W. (William), 1828-1900.
Date:
1869
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    CASES OF SIMPLE IRRITATION AND RELAXATION OF THE LARYNGEAL MUCOUS MEMBRANE. The Eev. Mr. D , a Baptist minister, called upon me, complaining that some years previously he had suffered from partial loss of voice. He had re- covered, at Malvern, under the cold-water treatment; but his voice had not regained its strength, and he was occasionally hoarse. On percussion and auscultation the lungs were found healthy. With the Laryngoscope I distinctly saw the mucous membrane of the larynx above the true cords, in a relaxed state. On the right side of the larynx there was a slight thickening of the membrane, with an uneven surface. On placing my finger to the neck at a spot corresponding to that of the internal thickening, he said he occasionally felt a slight pain in the throat at that very place. I prescribed a solution of alum, of 5] in six ounces of water, to be showered into the larynx with the hand- ball spray-producer, and a mixture, containing chlorate of potash, to be taken internally; at the same time, I strongly urged upon him the necessity of abstaining from preaching for two or three months. This gentle- man was leaving for his residence in Wales, and I have not heard from him since. The second case is that of a lady—a governess who consulted me for a cough. During our conversa- tion, I noticed a pecuhar hoarse and cracked tone of her voice, and, in answer to my questions, she said she had been troubled with this for a very long while, as she could not recollect being free from it, and was put to great inconvenience, from the unpleasant sound of her voice, when speaking, and especially from her