A manual of diseases of the throat and nose / by Francke Huntington Bosworth.

  • Bosworth, F. H. (Francke Huntington), 1843-1925.
Date:
1881
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Credit: A manual of diseases of the throat and nose / by Francke Huntington Bosworth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    that J57 or A shall be sounded in making the examina- tion ; many patients in the utterance of these sounds arch their tongues up to such an extent as to completely cut off the view ; this does not occur in the utterance of ah In pressing the mirror against the pharynx it is better to press with a firm Fig. 12.—The laryngeal mirror in position (Cohen). This plate has been reversed by the. wood-cutter, thus showing the mirror held in the left hand. hand, as there is less danger of causing retching in this man- ner than if the mirror is held away from the pharynx, and un- steadily. By reference to Fig 13, the relative position of the parts and the position in which the mirror should be held will be easily understood. The larynx being somewhat in front of the