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A STUDY OF THE LOOSE AREOLAR TISSUES OF THE LARYNX

M. VALENTINE MILLER, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1940;31(2):256-274.

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Some time ago, wishing information on edema of the larynx, I was surprised to find that textbooks passed over the subject with scant attention and that the information which I wished was not readily available. I therefore decided to undertake my own investigation and have recorded the historical and experimental findings in this paper.

HISTORY

The existence of edema of the larynx has been known and observations made on it for centuries. The first recorded account of the condition appears to be that of Hippocrates,¹ who described a serious and a dangerous type of angina, sudden in onset and producing marked dyspnea but showing no signs of its presence when one looked into the throat. Hajek² pointed out that it was recognized by Aretaeus³ and later by Cornelius Celsus,⁴ who both described the symptoms but could not see anything in the living patient to account for them, although they saw . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PHILADELPHIA

From the Department of Anatomy and the Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

Footnotes
Presented as a candidate's thesis to the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc., May 1939.

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