The symptoms and pathological changes in the upper air passages in influenza / by J. Solis-Cohen.

  • Solis-Cohen, Jacob da Silva, 1838-1927.
Date:
1892
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    ords of patches of exudation on the tonsils and on other portions of the throat, much resembling the patches of diph- theria ; we lind records of oedema of the glottis and death therefrom, analogous to Dr. Glasgow’s cases of oedema of the vocal bands, and of sudden death from spasm of the glottis or from sudden laryngeal stenosis.* We find records of purpura spots on the mucous mem- brane of the structures already named, and even in the trachea, with recurrent haemorrhage therefrom ; f and we find records of mycosis of the tonsils. There are a few additional manifestations in our imme- diate domain which have doubtless been observed by Dr. Glasgow during the late prevalence of infiuenza. These are, as extensions from the nasal passages, inflammation and sup- puration in the frontal and maxillary sinuses, in the eth- moidal cells, cerebral abscess, inflammation of the Eu- stachian tube leading to otitis media, and other lesions of the auditory apparatus; as extensions of the laryngitis, haemorrhage J and abscess;# and as sequelae, paralysis of the palate || and paralysis of the larynx.A I should likewise call attention to a paper by another fellow of our association, Dr. Seiler, read in the same year before the Laryngological Section of the American Medical Association, in which he presents a summary of some five hundred personal observations of cases similar in character to those described by Dr. Glasgow and with which he had been familiar for about the same period. Although the aetiology of influenza is not included in * De Lostalot. France rued., March 28, 1890. Bavacbi. Gaz. med. <T Orient., April 15, 1891. f Caverhill, Semon. Edinb. Med. Jour.y August, 1890. X Marano. Arch. ital. di lar., May, 1890. * Schaffer. Deut. med. Woch., No. 10, 1890. | Hermann. Dent. med. Ztg., March 1, 1890. A Krakauer. Deut. med. 2Ztq., March 17, 1890.