Observations on the injurious tendency of extreme depletion in inflammatory disorders : with remarks on the remedial agency of the vapour bath in acute and chronic diseases : illustrated by cases / by Edward Daniell, surgeon.

  • Daniell, Edward, 1795-1865.
Date:
1833
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Credit: Observations on the injurious tendency of extreme depletion in inflammatory disorders : with remarks on the remedial agency of the vapour bath in acute and chronic diseases : illustrated by cases / by Edward Daniell, surgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    indeed the organ of the voice; it is a hollow body with five cartilages, one of which projects in the anterior part of the neck, and which, from a curious conceit, is called the Pomum Jldami. The opening from the mouth into the larynx is called the glottis, and the part which closes this aperture, to prevent the passage of extraneous matter, or the food, which slides directly over it, from entering, is called the epiglottis. When, by accident, as in the act of swallowing during a fit of laughter, the epiglottis is not perfectly Closed, particles of food pass into the larynx, and that sensation is produced, which is vulgarly called, going the wrong way. When the trachea reaches the lungs it bifurcates, or divides itself into two legs, which penetrate at once into the substance of the lungs, and are called bronchiae, or bron- chial tubes; the ramifications of these tubes compose the principal portion of the structure of the lungs ; they are in their ultimate terminations exceedingly minute being no- thing more than small vesicles: they are called in these diminutive subdivisions, air-cells, or bronchial vessels. These air-cells are held in connection by a fine mucous web, or cellular structure, which is highly vascular. The pulmo- nary artery ramifies upon them, and its minute branches, which may be seen beautifully arborescent on the air-cells, become lost to the sight in their exceeding minuteness or enuity. The pulmonary artery and pulmonary veins circulate partly throughout the whole substance of the lungs, which are likewise furnished with lymphatic vessels that are distri- buted amongst the cellular or interlobular substance, and lead to small glandular bodies, which are particularly nu- merous about the root of the tongue. The lungs are covered or invested with an important