Diseases of the nose, and throat / by Charles Huntoon Knight.

  • Knight, Charles H. (Charles Huntoon), 1849-1913
Date:
1903
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Diseases of the nose, and throat / by Charles Huntoon Knight. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / METHODS OF EXAMINATION. 33 before we succeed in getting more than a glimpse of the parts we wish to explore. The tongue should never be roughly handled. A Tiirck depressor with a smooth tongue piece, held in the examiner’s left hand, should be applied to the middle of the dorsum of the tongue not too far back and steady, firm pressure made in a down- ward direction (Figs. 11 and 12). The rhinoscopic mirror, No. I, or larger in trained subjects, properly warmed, is then introduced face upwards to the right of and behind the uvula, care being taken to avoid sudden and rough contact with the wall of the pharynx. 7 LIMOUARN ric, ti... Lurce’s Toncur De- Fic. 12. BoSwortu’s TONGUE PRESSOR. DEPRESSOR. The patient is directed to breathe quietly meanwhile through the nose. By gently raising or lowering the right hand which holds the mirror and by slightly rotating the shaft without shifting the mirror about in the fauces, the examiner will finally get all the details of the rhinoscopic image. It is rarely possible to use a mirror large enough to give a complete picture. Irritability of the pharynx may usually be overcome by frequent repetitions of examination from day to day. Attempts at the first 3
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