The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 428
(inelastic) was employed. I. Amputation of the Tongue by Ligature. — Early in Nov. of 1873, I was consulted in a remarkable case of enlarged tongue in the person of a young lady about thirteen years of age. She was accompanied by her physician Dr. A. S. White, a very intelligent practitioner of… … deglutition of fluids was difficult, and the mastication of solids impossible. However, she presented the appear- ance of being well nourished. The extirpation of the hypertrophied portion of the tongue was, of course, demanded. Its section by the knife was discussed, but the antici- pated…
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