The Practitioner . Fig. I. Photograph in 189S. Child, aged 6, affected icilh iias^phavyngeal adcnoidii, and niihject to epilepsy since the age of ^.. Fit:. -. Photograph in iro4. Child a^^ed i_\ Ihi^ is the same ihild .hoicn in ;. t, but six years after the removal of adenoids and the cessation of epilepsy. CESSATION OF EPILEPSY. 631 through the drum membrane. In children this appearance isvery characteristic of Eustachian and middle-ear catarrh fromadenoids, and, with digital examination, these growths werefound to be plentiful. There were no palatine tonsils. It was explained to the pare
The Practitioner . Fig. I. Photograph in 189S. Child, aged 6, affected icilh iias^phavyngeal adcnoidii, and niihject to epilepsy since the age of ^.. Fit:. -. Photograph in iro4. Child a^^ed i_\ Ihi^ is the same ihild .hoicn in ;. t, but six years after the removal of adenoids and the cessation of epilepsy. CESSATION OF EPILEPSY. 631 through the drum membrane. In children this appearance isvery characteristic of Eustachian and middle-ear catarrh fromadenoids, and, with digital examination, these growths werefound to be plentiful. There were no palatine tonsils. It was explained to the parents that the removal of theadenoids was unquestionably indicated on account of the con-dition of the ears, and would probably prove beneficial in otherdirections. A large mass of adenoids was removed on August 25, September 7 the patient had ceased to be a mouth-breather ;the membranae tympani no longer showed pink; and sheheard a whisper at four yards. She was reported to sleepquietly and to be much brighter in herself, but the fits stillcontinued. I did not think of writing to the parents for four years, andthen (in 1902) they report
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