Irish journal of medical science . ded the fascia; blood and serous fluidescaped. The patient experienced immediate relief. Poultices,nourishment, and tonics were ordered, as in the previous cases, andthe patient rapidly recovered. Case IV.—Anne Delany, residing in Cork-street, aged twenty-eight, married, mother of three children, was admitted into theCity of Dublin Hospital, April 24, 1868. Enjoyed good healthpreviously; had goitre for some years at the left side of the neck,not causing any annoyance. Was confined of her last child on the5th inst. Two days after her confinement she had a coug
Irish journal of medical science . ded the fascia; blood and serous fluidescaped. The patient experienced immediate relief. Poultices,nourishment, and tonics were ordered, as in the previous cases, andthe patient rapidly recovered. Case IV.—Anne Delany, residing in Cork-street, aged twenty-eight, married, mother of three children, was admitted into theCity of Dublin Hospital, April 24, 1868. Enjoyed good healthpreviously; had goitre for some years at the left side of the neck,not causing any annoyance. Was confined of her last child on the5th inst. Two days after her confinement she had a cough, and wasfeverish. These symptoms continued until the 30th, when she hada riaror. She vomited, and felt more swollen in the neck at thegoitre. The swelling increased rapidly until the day of her admis-sion to hospital. On examination I found an enormous enlargement,of a peculiar dusky colour, occupying the entire front and sides ofthe neck, from the sternum to the chin, which were nearly on a level Vol. LV. N° XVII. Plate R>r5ter&C!;wS?Diil>lir m CRGLY ON CELLULITIS OF THE NECK. By Mb. Ceolt. 405 (vide Plate XIV.). At first view the case looked like a huge goitrewhich had been painted with tincture of iodine. The swellingextended laterally to the angles of the jaw, and backwards towardsthe spine. There was considerable dyspnoea, rapid and feeblepulse, and difficulty of swallowing. She was ordered beef-tea andwine, and large linseed poultices. April 25th.—Symptoms increased in severity; the patient waspropped up in bed; pulse 132; eyes protruding; conjunctivayellow: voice husky; pitting on pressure over the trachea. Imade an incision with a scalpel over the part, and opened thefascia to relieve tension, laving bare the rings of the trachea. Ithen made a second incision along the outer border of the sterno-mastoid muscle. Poultices were applied. At first there was notany discharge from the incisions, except of blood and serum. Thesubsequent discharge r
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