. Medical diagnosis for the student and practitioner. Despite the authoritative opinion held against the identity of the twodiseases, it would seem possible that with better knowledge the futuremay reverse this decision. GANGOSA {Muffled Voice).—This disease is probably merely a terti-ary form of yaws, nearly all patients showing scars of that disease or admit-ting past infection. GANGOSA—GOUNDU—AINHUM III7 In this ailment or stage the mucous membranes are viciously attacked. Preferentially the destructive process first attacks the soft palate, invadesthe floor of the nasal passages, the nasal
. Medical diagnosis for the student and practitioner. Despite the authoritative opinion held against the identity of the twodiseases, it would seem possible that with better knowledge the futuremay reverse this decision. GANGOSA {Muffled Voice).—This disease is probably merely a terti-ary form of yaws, nearly all patients showing scars of that disease or admit-ting past infection. GANGOSA—GOUNDU—AINHUM III7 In this ailment or stage the mucous membranes are viciously attacked. Preferentially the destructive process first attacks the soft palate, invadesthe floor of the nasal passages, the nasal septum and the fleshy and cartilag-inous structures of the nose itself, often destroying the
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