On some effects of inflammation of the membranous lining of the larynx : with suggestions relative to the operation of bronchotomy, and incidental remarks on spasm and wounds of the throat / by John Wood ; communicated by W. Lawrence.

  • Wood, John.
Date:
1832
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Credit: On some effects of inflammation of the membranous lining of the larynx : with suggestions relative to the operation of bronchotomy, and incidental remarks on spasm and wounds of the throat / by John Wood ; communicated by W. Lawrence. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    doned. The healing process went on uninterrupt- edly and most favourably when the surgeon was content to follow the simple ways of nature. This case led M. Fine to make the following sensible remark: As the nature of these wounds varies to so great an extent, the means suited to those which are simple, may sometimes be very prejudicial to those which are complicated; such, for instance, as the bending of the head forwards upon the chest, the uniting bandages, the adhesive plasters, and the attempts to keep the edges of the wound in coapta- tion : for these means, by opposing the escape of blood or mucus from the larynx, as well as the passage of air through the wound, render breathing very laborious, and thus give rise to congestion of the vessels of the brain and lungs. * Respecting the advantages which accrue from a considerable and immediate loss of blood after the in- fliction of these injuries, very op})osite sentiments have been expressed by experienced surgeons. It is an opinion held by some, that when persons have bled freely at the time of an accident, or at an operation, inflammation is less likely to supervene. It has been remarked on the other side, that hemor-r rhage is usually succeeded by a stage of reaction, which will often terminate in inflammation ; and that under such circumstances, inflammation is more diffi- cultly contended with, from the previous reduction * Journal de ]\Iedccine, Chirnrgie, Pharmacie, &c. Tom. 83, p. 73. 1790. ,