The Journal of Laryngology, Rhinology,& Otology, Vol. 34

Download or read book The Journal of Laryngology, Rhinology,& Otology, Vol. 34 written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Journal of Laryngology, Rhinology,& Otology, Vol. 34: A Record of the Current Literature Relating to the Throat, Nose, and Ear At the present time, however, there are strong indications visible of the rise of a new and energetic spirit in our countries, and we may look forward with hope and high confidence to our speciality sharing in the new life that is rising to flood all departments of national activity, and it is intended that the Journal of Laryngology will provide for all workers in our speciality a means of publicity at once easily accessible and popular. Easily accessible. Because we wish to emphasise the fact that we represent no particular school, or clique, or style, or opinion. These columns are open to all who have anything to say that may seem to them to be of value or of interest to their fellow-practitioners, and we call upon all such to lend a hand to make the Journal as broadly representative of British Oto-Laryngology as they can, in order to sustain and to enhance the high standing we have already been successful in reaching in our special department of medicine. Warfare Injuries of the Larynx. By W. Douglas Harmer, M. C. Cantab., F.R.C.S.Eng. Mr. President, - I must thank the Council for honouring me with the invitation to open the discussion on this subject. In the following paper I have thought it wise to confine my remarks to the description of gun-shot wounds of the larynx, these cases forming a large and important group in military surgery. To obtain the necessary information investigations have been carried out on wide lines and 245 patients have been discovered, including: Group I. - 108 cases, particulars of which have been obtained partly by personal observations (24), and partly as the result of circulating a letter to 80 laryngologists in Great Britain and France, notes having been received from - Brown Kelly 18, Howarth 6, Rose 4, Tilley 4, E. D. D. Davies 4, Whale 4, Milligan 3, Mollison 3, Smurthwaite 3, Abercrombie, StClair Thomson, Seymour Jones, Hastings, Wilkinson, Graham, O'Malley, Wvlie, and West 2 each, MacGregor, Westmacott, Wright, Peters, Buckland Jones, Dundas Grant, French, Hill, Hutchinson, Low, Bain, Whillis, Faulder, Tod, Stewart, and Woods 1 each. Group II. - 110 cases, the notes of which were obtained by examining the records of 1873 patients suffering from gun-shot wounds of the neck and treated in home hospitals during 1914 and 1915. These notes were largely valueless because of the absence of accurate details, but the investigations brought out the relative frequency of injuries of the larynx in neck wounds (1 in 17 cases). Moure states that in the Crimean War the proportion was 1 in 460. Delorme gives 3 per cent, in the present war. Group III. 23 post-mortem specimens obtained from the Royal College of Surgeons, a selection of which has been exhibited to-day. Also 4 fatal cases, notes of which were supplied by Capt. Whale. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.