This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...the removal of the polypus, he employs a snare to complete the operation upon the pedicle, and claims excellent results by this method in his practice. London paste, Vienna paste, and glacial acetic acid have also been recommended. 1 Maisonneuve.--Holmes' Surgery, page 303. Donaldson.--Arch. Laryngol. Vol. IV., No. 3. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...the removal of the polypus, he employs a snare to complete the operation upon the pedicle, and claims excellent results by this method in his practice. London paste, Vienna paste, and glacial acetic acid have also been recommended. 1 Maisonneuve.--Holmes' Surgery, page 303. Donaldson.--Arch. Laryngol. Vol. IV., No. 3. CHAPTER XI. ADENOMATA AT THE VAULT OF THE PHARNYX Adenoid Vegetations At The Vault Of The Pharynx.--Among the ' earlier laryngoscopists, 'Czermak was the first to observe this condition. "Turck, "Semeleder, and 4Voltolini, have written upon the subject, as well as numerous others, more especially "Loewenburg, and "Meyer, while, in this country, the subject has been prolific of monographs. Adenoid vegetations consist of a true hypertrophy of the glandular tissue of that region. The large group or aggregation of follicles, known as the pharyngeal or Luschka tonsil, when hypertrophied, give rise to it. Microscopically, the vegetations consist of cylindrical epithelial cells, grouped together.and separated merely by a small amount of connective tissue, in which are contained blood vessels. It occurs mostly in early life, and especially in those of strumous diathesis. According to Loewenburg, those of lymphatic temperament are more predisposed to these growths. Heredity, he 1 Czermak.--On the Laryngoscope. London, 1861. 1 Tilrck.--Krankheiten des Kehlkoppes. Wein, 1866. 'Semeleder.--On Rhinoscopy. New York, 1866. 1 Voltolini--All. Wein. Med. Zeitung, No. XII., 1880. 'Iibwenburg.--Gaz. d' hop. Paris, 1878. 'Meyer.--Med. Chir, Trans. Copenhagen. Vol. LIU. thinks, plays a marked role in the origin of the malady, and it occurs without reference to the social position of the patient, or to the climate. Symptoms.--Those of chronic rhi...
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