. The diseases of infancy and childhood : designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine. ad are that, should the tube be coughed upin the absence of the physician, it can be recovered by the nurse. Inextubatmg, it is an aid in removing the tube. > Peculiarities of the Larynx.—Thomson and Turner have shown that the infantileform of larynx differs materially from that found later in life. At birth and in infantsand young children the epiglottis is very small and gutter-shaped. The glottis is guardedabove by the aryteno-epiglottic folds, which are closely approximated to each
. The diseases of infancy and childhood : designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine. ad are that, should the tube be coughed upin the absence of the physician, it can be recovered by the nurse. Inextubatmg, it is an aid in removing the tube. > Peculiarities of the Larynx.—Thomson and Turner have shown that the infantileform of larynx differs materially from that found later in life. At birth and in infantsand young children the epiglottis is very small and gutter-shaped. The glottis is guardedabove by the aryteno-epiglottic folds, which are closely approximated to each the tenth year the epiglottis becomes much flattened, the arjteno-epiglotticfolds become widely separated, and the larynx assumes the adult type. It is importantto remember these points in the operation of intubation. 390 THE SPECIFIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES No anesthetic is required, and ordinary assistance only is neces-sary. The air passing into the bronchi is moistened in its passage Figs. 7S and 79.—The operation of intubation of the larynx. Position of child,operator and Fig. Vn.—Introduction of the tube along the index finger.
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