A manual of diseases of the nose and throat / by Cornelius Godfrey Coakley.

Date:
1906
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Credit: A manual of diseases of the nose and throat / by Cornelius Godfrey Coakley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    TYPHOID FEVER. 633 be painted every other day with a solution of nitrate of silver sixty grains to the ounce of water. CHICKENPOX. The pharynx, inside of the cheeks, and the tongue may show the typical lesions as found on the skin. They are, however, few in number, and are by no means present in all cases. TYPHOID FEVER. Nasal Condition.—This disease is frequently ushered in with attacks of epistaxis, and later in the course— about the tliird week—the ejnstaxis may recur and be quite profuse. Ulcers of the septum and turbinates, giving rise to a purulent discharge with crust formation occurring in one or both nares, are occasionally ob- served. Deep ulcerative processes, resulting in de- struction of the cartilaginous portion of the septum and adhesions between the septum and turbinates, are also met with. Pharyngeal Condition.—The tongue is always dry and covered with a thick coating; cracks and deep fissures, which may bleed, are not uncommon. The pharynx is dry, glazed, and usually hyperemic, hemorrhage some- times occurring over portions of the mucous membrane. As sequels to the disease, paresis and occasionally ])aralysis of the muscles of the soft palate and pharynx have been noted, allowing regurgitation of liquids through the nose. Laryngeal Condition.—The larynx is nearly always the seat of an acute laryngitis. The lymphoid tissue is hypertrophied, and ulcers of the laryngeal surface of the epiglottis, ary-epiglottic folds, vocal bands, and