Vicious circles in disease / by Jamieson B. Hurry.

  • Jamieson Boyd Hurry
Date:
1913
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Credit: Vicious circles in disease / by Jamieson B. Hurry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chapter Cert Cttcfea aesoriafelt mf$ tfyt &§voat ISEASES of the throat may be complicated by some Circles of great clinical impor¬ tance (tf\q. ix.). Oedema of Aryteno-Epiglottidean Folds. In cases of congestion of the aryteno-epiglottidean folds the two oedematous masses may be seen lying like valves above the glottis. There is then a risk that they may be sucked together during inspiration and provoke acute dyspnoea. The greater the dys¬ pnoea the greater the inspiratory efforts and the more closely do the oedematous folds approximate, suffoca¬ tion being an occasional termination. Tongue-Swallowing. Death may also result from tongue-swallowing, a rare accident in children whose frsenum is too long or has been divided. The danger arises from the tongue being so retracted into the pharynx during deglutition as to hinder