Surgery; its theory and practice . maybe simulated by compression of the oesophagus from without asby an aneurysm, enlarged thyroid gland, post-oesophageal abscess, 556 DISEASES OF REGIONS. or mediastinal tumor; or by a foreign body impacted in thetube, disease at the back of the larynx, etc. Spasmodic stricture or spastn of the msophagus generally occursin young hysterical women. The patient may be quite unable toswallow, and a bougie, perhaps, will not pass. The diagnosis willthen rest on the obstruction existing only at times ; on the ageand sex of the patient; the presence of other signs o
Surgery; its theory and practice . maybe simulated by compression of the oesophagus from without asby an aneurysm, enlarged thyroid gland, post-oesophageal abscess, 556 DISEASES OF REGIONS. or mediastinal tumor; or by a foreign body impacted in thetube, disease at the back of the larynx, etc. Spasmodic stricture or spastn of the msophagus generally occursin young hysterical women. The patient may be quite unable toswallow, and a bougie, perhaps, will not pass. The diagnosis willthen rest on the obstruction existing only at times ; on the ageand sex of the patient; the presence of other signs of hysteria;but chiefly on the fact that, under an anjesthetic, the bougie,which could not previously be passed, slips down easily into thestomach. The treatment should consist in the administration ofanti-hysterical remedies; whilst the patient may be persuadedthat the bougie has cleared the passage. Fibrous stricture is generally due to cicatricial contraction fol-lowing an injury, as swallowing boiling water or corrosive fluids,.
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