. The diseases of children : medical and surgical. Fig. 64.—ODwyers Intubation Apparatus. The figure shows the introducer with a tubefitted on. A separate tube is also shown. .Several improvements have been made in the apparatus, and the method hasno doubt a considerable though limited field of usefulness. Intubation,as suggested by Symonds, is certainly useful in some cases where aftertracheotomy there is a difficulty in getting rid of the In one mstance in which we performed intubation upon a living child theresult was disastrous ; a portion of the membrane was pushed down beforethe t
. The diseases of children : medical and surgical. Fig. 64.—ODwyers Intubation Apparatus. The figure shows the introducer with a tubefitted on. A separate tube is also shown. .Several improvements have been made in the apparatus, and the method hasno doubt a considerable though limited field of usefulness. Intubation,as suggested by Symonds, is certainly useful in some cases where aftertracheotomy there is a difficulty in getting rid of the In one mstance in which we performed intubation upon a living child theresult was disastrous ; a portion of the membrane was pushed down beforethe tube, and the child instantly choked : it was only by immediate tracheo-tomy and the use of artificial respiration that breathing was Fig. 65.—ODwyers Extractor. The jointed beak fits into the tube and holds it firmlj^ whenthe lever is depressed by the thumb of the operator. Others have had similar experience. We have had some experience of themethod in various forms of laryngeal obstruction, and have not been led totake a very favourable view of its suitability for cases of diphtheria where 1 Vide , Brit. Med. Join-. September 29, 1888. - For further details we must refer to the Medical Chronicle for 1887, where abstractsof numerous papers on the subject will be found ; also to the Archives of Pcediatrics, 1887,and \^axhams paper already referred to, and to the Appendix of the present work ;also to Balls Book on Intubation, and Northrup, Brit. Med. Jour. December 29, 1894. 34^ Diseases of the Respiratory Apparatus false membrane in any quantity is present. Of eleven cases of intubationunder our care, in three success followed, in three tracheotomy wassubsequently successfully performed, and in four instanc
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