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KARL MUSSER HOUSER, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1932;15(2):291-292.

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On April 22, 1931, a girl student, aged 18, was admitted to the students' ward of the University Hospital for tonsillectomy. At the age of 5, the tonsils and adenoids were removed, but, as the removal of the tonsils had been incomplete, considerable lymphoid tissue was left, filling the inferior portion of each tonsillar fossa. During the winter months, the patient always experienced several attacks of sore throat, and it was observed by both her family doctor and the student physician that these attacks were associated with considerable inflammation of the lymphoid masses mentioned. On this account, she was advised to have the tonsillar masses removed.

At 2 p. m. she was given 3 grains (0.195 Gm.) of sodium amytal, and one hour later I performed the operation under procaine anesthesia. No cocaine was used previous to the injection. The Cook carpule injection syringe was used, so that there was . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PHILADELPHIA

From the Department of Otolaryngology of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, July 18, 1931.

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