Diseases of the throat and nasal passages; a guide to the diagnosis and treatment of affections of the pharynx, sophagus, trachea, larynx, and nares . , though he rallied, he was never able tospeak except to say too-too. The temperature roseto 102° F. He had three convulsive fits on the seventhday, and became totally unconscious, and died twelveThe post-mortem examination showed general arach-nitis and sloughing of the brain about Brocas convolution. That portion ofthe growth which had not been removed occupied the left side of the externalbase of the skull, and filled the base between the gre
Diseases of the throat and nasal passages; a guide to the diagnosis and treatment of affections of the pharynx, sophagus, trachea, larynx, and nares . , though he rallied, he was never able tospeak except to say too-too. The temperature roseto 102° F. He had three convulsive fits on the seventhday, and became totally unconscious, and died twelveThe post-mortem examination showed general arach-nitis and sloughing of the brain about Brocas convolution. That portion ofthe growth which had not been removed occupied the left side of the externalbase of the skull, and filled the base between the greater and lesser wings of thesphenoid, the orbital plate of the frontal, and the cribriform plate of the ethmoidbone. It had extended from the nasal fossa, by way of the sphenoidal fissure,into the back of the orbit, but without damaging the optic nerve. The cribri-form plate of the ethmoid was broken ; and at the back part there was a smallopening about a quarter of an inch in diameter, and a fracture extending for-ward from the opening. Microscopic examination showed the growth to consistof small fusiform cells and stellate connective Fig. 74.—Authors pharyn-geal forceps for seizing naso-pharyngeal tumors. days after the operation. The cutting awa}^ of accessible portions by curved knivesand scissors, used through mouth or nose, is still more apt to 1 For examples see Forster: Lancet, May 20, 1871; Medical Times and Gazette,May 27, 1871; The Medical Times, August 15. 1871 ; Ratton : The Lancet. Novem-ber 3, 1877, p. 049. NASOPHARYNGEAL TUMORS. 267 be attended by severe hemorrhage, primary or secondary,though not likely to injure the cerebral structures. The pro-priety of such partial operative procedure is questionable, asthe chances for life are often much better if the tumor is notinterfered with. The passage of a ligature around the base of the tumor bymeans of a thread passed through the canule of Bellocq, or bysome other method, and the subsequent excision of
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