. Diptheria, its nature and treatment . Fig. 3. Fig. 4. Fig. 5. 268 INTUBATION IN CROUP AND OTHER The smallest tube when applied to the scale will reach theline marked 1, and is suitable for children of one year andunder. In children of fifteen months, small for age, this size ispreferable to the two-year size, and it can be used at eighteenmonths, or even two years, without the slightest danger ofpassing through, but is apt to be coughed out. The next size,which reaches the line on the scale marked 2, is intended forchildren between one and two years, but can also be used attwo and a half or
. Diptheria, its nature and treatment . Fig. 3. Fig. 4. Fig. 5. 268 INTUBATION IN CROUP AND OTHER The smallest tube when applied to the scale will reach theline marked 1, and is suitable for children of one year andunder. In children of fifteen months, small for age, this size ispreferable to the two-year size, and it can be used at eighteenmonths, or even two years, without the slightest danger ofpassing through, but is apt to be coughed out. The next size,which reaches the line on the scale marked 2, is intended forchildren between one and two years, but can also be used attwo and a half or three years with objection referred to ? third size, marked 3-4 on the scale, should be used in casesover two and up to four years, and so on. The female larynxin children as well as in adults is smaller than the male, whichshould also be considered in selecting the proper tube to beused. Owing to the rapid increase in the size of the larynx at theage of puberty, the string should be left attached to the largesttube when used after thi
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