The gold-headed cane . ing became suddenly more difficult, and in afew minutes he was dead. This was the firstcase of this peculiar affection of the throat thathas been distinctly recognised and was an inflammation of the larynx, or upperpart of the windpipe, of so insidious a natureas hitherto to have passed unnoticed. Although approaching to the well-knowncomplaint called croup, it differs in some re-spects, particularly by the presence of thefollowing symptoms:—Painful deglutition,partial swelling of the fauces, and a perpet-ually increasing difficulty of breathing. The 224 PIT
The gold-headed cane . ing became suddenly more difficult, and in afew minutes he was dead. This was the firstcase of this peculiar affection of the throat thathas been distinctly recognised and was an inflammation of the larynx, or upperpart of the windpipe, of so insidious a natureas hitherto to have passed unnoticed. Although approaching to the well-knowncomplaint called croup, it differs in some re-spects, particularly by the presence of thefollowing symptoms:—Painful deglutition,partial swelling of the fauces, and a perpet-ually increasing difficulty of breathing. The 224 PITCAIRN. mouth of the larynx, or aperture by which airis admitted into the lungs, is so much nar-rowed, that the vital functions are actuallyextinguished by the stricture. And yet theapparent inflammation in the throat is so in-considerable, that upon a superficial observa-tion, it would hardly be noticed; but in itsprogress the voice is changed, becomes alto-gether suppressed, and the disease terminatesin BAILLIE. CHAPTER V. The mother of Dr. Baillie was the sisterof John Hunter, the celebrated anatomist andphysiologist. From the university of Glas-gow, he went, in 1780, to Balliol College, Ox-ford, where he graduated, and settled early inLondon, under the immediate superintend-ence of his other maternal uncle, Dr. WilliamHunter. Following the example of his dis-tinguished relations, he became himself ateacher of anatomy in 1785; and he continued 226 BAILLIE. to lecture for nearly twenty years. In de-livering his lectures, he expressed himself withgreat clearness, and conveyed his informationto his pupils in the most simple and intelligiblelanguage. For this talent he was greatly in-debted to the assiduous instruction of hisuncle, who spared no pains in cultivating inhis young pupil a habit of ready and exact ex-planation; and was accustomed to teach himin this manner: Matthew, do you know anything of to-days lecture? demanded of his nephew. Yes, sir, I
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