A text-book of diseases of the nose and throat (1904)
Kyle, David Braden, 1863-1916 · Philadelphia ; New York ; London : W.B. Saunders · leaf 408
ture. The specific inflammatory processes act aspredisposing causes through the lowered vitality produced by them.Because the tonsil possesses numerous crypts it is subjected to agreater amount of irritation and is more liable to chronic inflam-matory changes. The acute infectious diseases of… … Fig. 127.—Section of soft faucial tonsil (authors specimen).
