. Electricity in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat . of Chicago. Of the noteworthy uses of electricity in the spe- BEONCHOSCOPY. 545 cialties, illumination attracts our attention at the greatest feature in this field, apart fromthe x-raj, is bronchoscopy. Without electric illu-mination, bronchoscopy would, today, be an impos-sibility. With it, we are able to do astonishingthings. Before the introduction of bronchoscopy, theonly means of removal of foreign bodies in the tra-chea, bronchi and oesophagus was by major surgery,which was, and still is, very unsatisfactory. In th
. Electricity in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat . of Chicago. Of the noteworthy uses of electricity in the spe- BEONCHOSCOPY. 545 cialties, illumination attracts our attention at the greatest feature in this field, apart fromthe x-raj, is bronchoscopy. Without electric illu-mination, bronchoscopy would, today, be an impos-sibility. With it, we are able to do astonishingthings. Before the introduction of bronchoscopy, theonly means of removal of foreign bodies in the tra-chea, bronchi and oesophagus was by major surgery,which was, and still is, very unsatisfactory. In theunknown cases, that is cases in which no history otaspiration or swallowing of a foreign body couldbe had, nothing was done with reference to such apossibility even when the symptoms pointed to ob-struction or to great or even prolonged , in competent hands, such cases are skia-graphed, and, whether the history be positive ornegative, the patient is examined with the broncho-scope or oesophagoscope, with, frequently, the mosthappy Fig. 145.—Jacksons Bronchoscope. To illustrate this point, namely, the great use-fulness of electric illumination of the trachea, bron-chi and oesophagus, I will outline a few cases: I was requested by Dr. Long, of Chicago, to seewith him B. L., aged four years, three months, whosuffered at the time from severe dyspnea and regur-gitation and coughing up of fluids swallowed. Solidscould not be swallowed. Eighteen months previously the child was saidto have swallowed a button from its overcoat; apicture button. Such buttons are made of metal 5M ELECTRICITY IN DISEASES OF THE THROAT. back, celluloid {1/5000 inch thick) front and but-ton-board cardboard between. This history waslightly thought of by attending physicians, especial-ly as the skiagraph showed nothing. The child complained of sore throat and, for aweek, could swallow only liquid food. No troublewas noticed thereafter for ten months, when thechild suddenly developed
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