Manual of pathological anatomy . not unfrequent, moreespecially as complications ofphthisis ; they are generally limitedto the inferior surface of the valveand to its mucous covering; thoughthey occasionally penetrate to thefibro-cartilage. They are not gene-rally accompanied by much tume-faction or reddening of the sur-rounding tissue. Louis t states thatin all the cases that fell under hisnotice, he only once observed ulce-rations on the lingual surface. Hefound the breadth of the ulcers tovary from about one to two some cases the laryngeal surfaceof the epiglottis was entirely depr
Manual of pathological anatomy . not unfrequent, moreespecially as complications ofphthisis ; they are generally limitedto the inferior surface of the valveand to its mucous covering; thoughthey occasionally penetrate to thefibro-cartilage. They are not gene-rally accompanied by much tume-faction or reddening of the sur-rounding tissue. Louis t states thatin all the cases that fell under hisnotice, he only once observed ulce-rations on the lingual surface. Hefound the breadth of the ulcers tovary from about one to two some cases the laryngeal surfaceof the epiglottis was entirely deprivedof its mucous membrane . in fourthe edge of the fibro-cartilage was destroyed, as well as the sur-face ulcerated, so as to give the part a festooned appearance ; in afifth the epiglottis was totally destroyed. The proportion ofphthisical cases in which the epiglottis is affected, appears, accord-ing to the same author, to be about one-fourth. These ulcers arenot, however, the result of a fusion of tubercular deposit, whicti. (Edema of the epiglottis, broughton by drinking scalding water, andcausing the death of the child, a boyaged three years and nine months,in two houi\s. The uvula, which isseen a little above and to the rightof the epiglottis, was also oedema-tous. No other feature was ob-served, except some reddening ofthe bronchial mucous membrane,and congestion of the lungs. Tra-cheotomy was performed. * For a case of acute inflammation confined to the epiglottis seeSoc, 1864, vol. XV. p. Eesearches on Phthisis, Sydenh. Soe. Ed. p. 42. Trans. Tath. F F 434 THE LARYNX. seems not to be met with at this point, but of the accompanyinginflammation; they, like other affections of the mucous membranes of the air passages which?^^^ ^^ have been mistaken for tubercular deposit, oftenoriginate in occlusion andsebaceous enlargement ofthe numerous solitaryfollicles scattered aboutthe respiratory mucousmembrane. These varyin size from an almostimperceptible point to apins hea
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