Manual of pathological anatomy . xiii. pp. 23, 28; vol. xvi. pp. 53, 54;vol. xvii. pp. 22, 33; vol. xviii. p. 25, &c. Primary cancer of the medullary kind isrecorded by Dr. iiroadbent, vol. xii. p. 44 (second case). THE TRACHE4. 441 as otlier parts of the respiratory system, on account of the greaterrigidity of its walls, and the caj^aciousness of its interior. Foreignbodies arrested in the oesophagus generally become impacted behindthe larynx ; when introduced by the glottis, they may become fixedin the chink; but if they pass the j^ortal they necessarily dropthrough the wider cavity of the l
Manual of pathological anatomy . xiii. pp. 23, 28; vol. xvi. pp. 53, 54;vol. xvii. pp. 22, 33; vol. xviii. p. 25, &c. Primary cancer of the medullary kind isrecorded by Dr. iiroadbent, vol. xii. p. 44 (second case). THE TRACHE4. 441 as otlier parts of the respiratory system, on account of the greaterrigidity of its walls, and the caj^aciousness of its interior. Foreignbodies arrested in the oesophagus generally become impacted behindthe larynx ; when introduced by the glottis, they may become fixedin the chink; but if they pass the j^ortal they necessarily dropthrough the wider cavity of the larynx, and become fixed at somelower point, or play up and down in the trachea. A singular accident which has been known to happen is eversionof the sacculus laryngis, producing a body precisely like a tumour.* THE TRACHEA. Many of the observations which we have had occasion to make onthe pathology of the larynx apply to the trachea. The congestionof the mucous membrane presents similar characters; it is generally Fig.
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