Diseases of the throat and nasal passages; a guide to the diagnosis and treatment of affections of the pharynx, sophagus, trachea, larynx, and nares . constrained, position of the head. Expiration 1 Lancet, April 20, 1878, p. 5G8. 2 Am. Jour. Med. Sci., April, 1878, p. 378. ffi6 AFFECTIONS OF THE LARYNX AND TRACHEA. is easy, and usually noiseless. The dyspnoea is increased onexertion. There may be occasional or frequent spasm of theglottis. There is no impairment of voice except there is ac-companying catarrh; but there is a peculiarity in utterance, asin inflammatory stenosis, the flow of spe
Diseases of the throat and nasal passages; a guide to the diagnosis and treatment of affections of the pharynx, sophagus, trachea, larynx, and nares . constrained, position of the head. Expiration 1 Lancet, April 20, 1878, p. 5G8. 2 Am. Jour. Med. Sci., April, 1878, p. 378. ffi6 AFFECTIONS OF THE LARYNX AND TRACHEA. is easy, and usually noiseless. The dyspnoea is increased onexertion. There may be occasional or frequent spasm of theglottis. There is no impairment of voice except there is ac-companying catarrh; but there is a peculiarity in utterance, asin inflammatory stenosis, the flow of speech being frequentlyinterrupted by prolonged stridulous inspiration. The generalhealth may be apparently unimpaired, or may give evidenceof other affections associated with the paralysis. Diagnosis.—Continuous inspiratory stridor in the adult issuggestive of the nature of the affection. Laryngoscopic in-spection reveals a characteristic appearance of the vocal cords cannot be abducted to any distance by themost powerful effort (Fig. 198). In marked cases, or duringspasm of the antagonists, the cords cannot be abducted at all, «^^.
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