The Laryngoscope Volume 19

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...fossa; the uvula is absent, and the soft palate is raised upward and backward; a granulated nodular mass covers the hard palate, extending forward to a line drawn across the second molar teeth. The larynx is free. The right ear has an otitis media purulenta chronica of some years' standing, with little discharge, but painful at times. The patient was admitted to the ward and during the next month the attempt was made to improve her general condition by good nourishment, rest and tonics. On August 3rd she received (index 0.5+) an injection of 1 cc. (250,000,000 dead bacteria), with practically no general reaction, but a marked local reaction. On August 13th received a second injection of the same amount, and on the 20th (index 0.67) a third injection. This time the general reaction was more marked, and the patient was quite prostrated. On August 31st the general condition was better but the local condition unimproved. Index 0.75, and an injection of 1 1-2 cc. (375.033.000 dead bacteria) was made. September 14th, an injection of 2 cc. (500.000.000 dead bacteria) was given and the patient went home. Had intense dizziness and headache the next day. Did not report September 22nd. From thence on she appeared at the clinic regularly two or three times a week, and received in all thirty-two injections, with no abscess formation. As in the former case, the indices were now omitted, and the injections made about once a week, now and then the doses being increased to 4 cc. Though it cannot be said that the disease has in any way decreased, yet it has not advanced and her general condition is greatly improved. In this case, also, the X-ray has been used two or three times weekly in the usual manner, without any appreciable benefit to date. Excepting for her general imp...