The practice of surgery . [ Fijj;. 121. Bronchocele, from a specimen in KingsCollege Collection. The oesophagus pushed to theright by the tumor. (From Druitt.) Fig. U2. Drawing from a preparation in thei I Hospital. The cystoid appearance of asection. (From Druitt.)—Ed.] Bronchocele is, in certain localities, an endemic disorder. In theTyrol, and in the valley of the Rhone, it is especially so, and therealmost invariably associated with a sadly deteriorated condition of theframe, to which the term Cretinism has been applied. In this country,the disease is comparatively rare, and happily such a
The practice of surgery . [ Fijj;. 121. Bronchocele, from a specimen in KingsCollege Collection. The oesophagus pushed to theright by the tumor. (From Druitt.) Fig. U2. Drawing from a preparation in thei I Hospital. The cystoid appearance of asection. (From Druitt.)—Ed.] Bronchocele is, in certain localities, an endemic disorder. In theTyrol, and in the valley of the Rhone, it is especially so, and therealmost invariably associated with a sadly deteriorated condition of theframe, to which the term Cretinism has been applied. In this country,the disease is comparatively rare, and happily such an unfortunate com-bination but seldom exists. In Derbyshire, and some other counties,both in Scotland and England, however, it merits the appellation ofendemic. The majority of the patients are female, and the ordinaryperiod of invasion is about the time of puberty. The most prominentsymptom is inconvenience, with deformity, occasioned by the bulkyswelling. Growth is gradual and painless, unless in the malignantvariety.
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