Chicago medical journal and examiner . rmed an Association for the more rapid advance and spreadof their special part of medical science, resolved, not onlyto unite their efforts, but to seek the assistance of physiciansin general practice who can help them to elucidate the causeof idiocy and kindred affections. Communications from physicians of the cause of idiocywhich have come to their knowledge from reliable witnessesor personal observation, should be sent to the Secretary of theAssociation, I. N. Kerlin, , Superintendent of the Penn-sylvania Training School for Feeble-minded Children,
Chicago medical journal and examiner . rmed an Association for the more rapid advance and spreadof their special part of medical science, resolved, not onlyto unite their efforts, but to seek the assistance of physiciansin general practice who can help them to elucidate the causeof idiocy and kindred affections. Communications from physicians of the cause of idiocywhich have come to their knowledge from reliable witnessesor personal observation, should be sent to the Secretary of theAssociation, I. N. Kerlin, , Superintendent of the Penn-sylvania Training School for Feeble-minded Children, Media,Pennsylvania. 236 CHICAGO MEDICAL JOURNAL AND EXAMINER. &tlttttQU8. THE FUNCTION OF THE UYULA AND THE PEOM-INENCE FOKMED BY THE AZYGOS UVULAEMUSCLES. By THOS. F. RUMBOLD, , St. Louis, Mo. (From the St. Louis Med. and Sur. Journal, Dec, 1876.) In the spring of 1870 I had a patient whose right nostrilwas of sufficient caliber to admit my little finger in its wholelength. The idea occurred to me at once that this case pre-. Figure 1. Antero-posterior section of the head; R. reflector; S. P. soft palate; ; E. t. mouth of Eustachian tube; Ep. epiglottis. sen ted an excellent opportunity for examining the uvula; andas our authorities say of this grape-shaped appendage, that SELECTIONS. 237 its use is not clear,* I determined to take advantage of thisopportunity to inspect its motions during mastication, degluti-tion and vocalization. I had the patient keep this nostril wide open with a Kramerbi-valve ear speculum. Through this large nasal passage, thusdilated, I passed a reflector reaching to the posterior wall ofthe pharyngo-nasal cavity (Fig. 1, R); on the mirror (R) Idirected a calcium light, illuminating the parts under observa-tion, so that the image was reflected back to my eye very dis-
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