Atlas and epitome of diseases of the mouth, pharynx, and nose / by L. Grunwald; authorized translation from the German, edited with additions by James E. Newcomb.

  • Grپnwald Ludwig, 1863-
Date:
1903
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Credit: Atlas and epitome of diseases of the mouth, pharynx, and nose / by L. Grunwald; authorized translation from the German, edited with additions by James E. Newcomb. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    ratory passages. Narrowing of the mesopharynx and hypopharynx has been observed as a result of marked prominence of the bodies of the second and third cervical vertebrae, a condition usually described somewhat loosely as lordosis of the cervical vertebral column. Marked wing-like prominence of the upper portion of the posterior border of the vomer, the ala vomeris, sometimes presents an obstacle to the extirpation of a pharyngeal tonsil, or at least mav alarm the inexperienced. Exostosis of the vomer (see Fig. 30, p. 168) and of the perpendicular plate ol the ethmoid bone at the crest of the septum ; excessive Fig. 37. prominence of the pterygoid process with narrowing of the choanae (Fig. 37); the formation of a membrane behind the nose (Figs. 38, 39); total or partial bony or fibrous septa within the nose, especially in its posterior segment; and, finally, rudimentary adhesions resembling bracelets in form (Fig. 40), and distinguished from ac- quired adhesions by the absence of cicatrization, are some of the more important malformations of this class. An anomaly that is observed more frequently than any other of this kind consists in a Spine on the nasal septum, associated usually with exostosis of the crista septi (Fig.