A practical treatise on medical diagnosis for students and physicians (1904) (14735379796)

Adenoid disorder

Identifier: practicaltreatis1904muss (find matches)

Title: A practical treatise on medical diagnosis for students and physicians

Year: 1904 (1900s)

Authors: Musser, John Herr, 1856-1912 Pancoast, Henry

Subjects: Diagnosis Diagnosis, Radioscopic Diagnosis

Publisher: Philadelphia and New York : Lea

Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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ht and be found onthe pillow in the morning. The hearing is frequently impaired.There may be simply dulness of hearing,or it may amount to marked deafness,either because of pressure of the adenoidvegetations or extension of secondary in-flammation to the Eustachian tubes. Thesenses of taste and smell are often much im-paired. There is increase in the secretionof pharyngeal mucus, which in older per-sons causes difficult expectoration. Rhinoscopic Examination. The roofof the pharynx is covered with rounded orvillous projections, often concealing theposterior nares. Rarely the villi may beseen projecting below the soft palate. Inchildren the examination is difficult, andhence digital exploration must be usedunder an anaesthetic. The finger readilydetects the masses, which sometimes aresoft, at other times tough and of fibrous orcartilaginous consistency. The Appearance. The expression of the face is characteristic. It isdull and stupid, and may be drawn. (Figs. 357, 358, 359.) The mouth

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Appearance in adenoid disease.(Dawson-Williams.) 988 DISEASES OF THE MOUTH, FAUCES, PHARY^X, ETC. is kept open in breathing. The lips are thickened, dry, and may becracked. The palatal arch is high and narrowed. The nostrils are flattened laterally. Rarely they may be depressed.In one instance, which the writer saw with Harrison Allen, the ex-terior of the nose suggested inherited syphilis, especially because of ourknowledge of the possible presence of the disease. There were no otherevidences of hereditary syphilis in the child or in any member of thefamily. The voice is thick and muffled, becoming indistinct upon the occur-rence of slight cold. The Chest. While there is a general lack of physical development,the appearance of the chest is most striking; the cases have been fre- FiG. 358. Fig. 359.

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