Clergyman's sore throat and past-nasal catarrh : causes, symptoms, and treatment : for speakers and singers / by George Stoker.

  • Stoker George.
Date:
1884
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Credit: Clergyman's sore throat and past-nasal catarrh : causes, symptoms, and treatment : for speakers and singers / by George Stoker. 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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    ’When the latter manoeuvre has to he per- formed in the post-nasal space, with the aid of a reflector passed behind the uvula, it is obvious what a great advantage there is in having some form of application that need not be called into active operation until on the very spot requiring its use. When the larynx becomes affected, inhala- tions and astringent solutions, applied with the brush are most useful. Here the character of the disease differs somewhat from that in the pharjmx. Most, if not all, the laryngeal glands are racemose—like a bunch of grapes—and are not affected in the same way as those in the pharynx. What is required is the treating of the general tone of the laryngeal mucous mem- brane rather than the destruction or obliteration of hypertrophied follicles. When the digestion becomes affected, strict attention must be paid to the diet; all kinds of made dishes should be avoided, and only the simplest food eaten. Any kind of green food—to wit, cabbage, cauliflower, spinach, and more especially those vegetables that are generally eaten uncooked, such as celery, watercress, salad, etc.—should
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