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The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)

[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 143

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ration of laryngo-thyrotomy was performed for removal of the abnormal growths. Ether was given, and with good effect, through the tracheotomy tube; as^soon as the patient was well anaesthe- tized, the tube was withdrawn, the opening enlarged upwards to the level and to the right side of the… … vocal cord were then removed with strong forceps. Hemorrhage gave some trouble during the operation, and obliged a suspension of it occasion- ally, in order that by turning the patient over with head downwards, the large tubes might become emptied of blood. After completion of the ope- ration a…

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