A treatise on diseases of the nose and its accessory cavities / by Greville Macdonald.

  • Macdonald, Greville, 1856-1944.
Date:
1890
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Credit: A treatise on diseases of the nose and its accessory cavities / by Greville Macdonald. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    The normal colour of the nasal and naso-pharyngeal Colour in mucous membrane is not very easy to determine in a city like this, where nearly every one suffers from more or less nasal catarrh. In front the darkest portion is the inferior turbinated body, the middle being much paler. Posteriorly the structures projecting into the choanse should present a pale gray colour, somewhat oedematous-looking; while the mucous membrane of the naso-pharynx in general may be described as pinkish-gray, becoming darker in colour as the pharynx is approached. 2. The Syiii]ptomatology of Nose Disease. In the future description of the different diseases of the nose, the symptoms special to each will be sever- ally related ; yet it will be useful at the outset of the study of rhinology to pass in review some of the principal subjective symptoms, as well as a few objective not demanding special instruments for their investigation. Among the first we have most notably obstruction Nasal of the nasal passages. Its special features will be o^st'^^ction detailed under the different diseases by which it is caused. But it may be here noted that it is a trouble for which in itself the patient less frequently seeks relief. Even when the stenosis is complete, he so soon grows accustomed to it that he often realises the J distress only when relieved of it by the surgeon. The open mouth is a sure sign of nasal obstruction ; while, -when the nose is but partially stenosed, we observe the patient taking only an occasional breath through the mouth. It may here be observed, to obviate unnecessary repetition, that it is not enough that the patient