A text-book on diseases of the ear, nose and throat . The pharynx having been thus exi)osed to view, the physician shouldlook for possible vascular changes, swellings, ulcerations, or deposits on thevarious regions of the throat. The gums should be examined for the char-acteristic changes of mineral poisons, inflammations, ulcerations of thevarious dyscrasise, and for indications of depraved blood states (scurvy, anse-mia, etc.). The uvula and soft palate should be touched with the probe(a simple but much-neglected instrument) to determine their sensitivenessand motility. According to Lennox B
A text-book on diseases of the ear, nose and throat . The pharynx having been thus exi)osed to view, the physician shouldlook for possible vascular changes, swellings, ulcerations, or deposits on thevarious regions of the throat. The gums should be examined for the char-acteristic changes of mineral poisons, inflammations, ulcerations of thevarious dyscrasise, and for indications of depraved blood states (scurvy, anse-mia, etc.). The uvula and soft palate should be touched with the probe(a simple but much-neglected instrument) to determine their sensitivenessand motility. According to Lennox Browne, congestion of the anteriorpillars betokens associated digestive disorders or some dyscrasia, whilethat of the posterior pillars suggests improjper or excessive vocal effort. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PHARYNX. 469 Certain conditions affecting tlie tongue concern the laryngologist, espe-cially the state of the vascular and lymphoid structures at its base. Soalso the condition of the same structures on the posterior pharyngeal wall Fig.
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