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Deviation Of The Esophagus

Deviation of the esophagus may be marked in the presence of a...

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Toxemia. [1] "Toxemia is the basic cause of all so-called dise...

Carbolic

Readily identified by smell of tar or carbolic. Wash mouth wel...

Croup More Serious Form

This is caused by an accumulation of material in the windpipe,...

Weaning

Many of the troubles which come in this process arise simply f...

Hot Flushings

See Flushings. ...

Acute Cardiac Symptoms Acute Heart Attack

It is not proposed here to describe the condition of sudden...

Heat Internal

There is a usual (normal) temperature in all the blood and tis...

Action Balance Of

An excellent guide to the proper treatment of any case is to b...

To Prevent Cholera

_Camphor_ (_pellets medicated_ with the pure tincture) _Verat...

Treatment

In this rapid high tension age the physician should be as ene...

Mineral Acids Muriatic Acid Prescriptions

have also been used with good effect in some epidemics. _Muri...

Breath And Muscles

Sometimes difficulty of breathing is due, not to anything wron...

Breath And Nerve

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Depression

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Hives

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Anesthesia In Heart Disease

While no physician likes to give an anesthetic to a patient w...

Neuralgia

If the disease be general in the system, moving from place to...

Difficulties In The Introduction Of The Bronchoscope

The beginner may enter the esophagus instead of the trachea:...

Legs Pricking Pains In

Sometimes curious pricking pains are felt in the legs, becomin...



Foreign Bodies In The Insane





Category: FOREIGN BODIES IN THE AIR AND FOOD PASSAGES
Source: A Manual Of Peroral Endoscopy And Laryngeal Surgery

Foreign bodies may be introduced
voluntarily and in great numbers by the insane. Hysterical individuals
may assert the presence of a foreign body, or may even volitionally
swallow or aspirate objects. It is a mistake to do a bronchoscopy in
order to cure by suggestion the delusion of foreign body presence.
Such cures are ephemeral.





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