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Its Structure and Function and Its Importance

GEORGE S. RICHARDSON, M.D.; E. MARKEY PULLEN, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1948;47(4):379-394.

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LEDERER'S¹ text offers as clear and concise a picture as may be found of the afflictions of the uvula and the soft palate. On the whole, there is no structure within the confines of the body so little understood and so often abused and maligned as the uvula. This structure's function appears in the literature in only the briefest fashion. The uvula has been classed with vestigial structures, such as the vermiform appendix.

Recently it was announced in the press that in 1946 the scheduled American airlines carried fourteen million passengers a total of seven billion miles. This announcement not only foretold man's changing life but assured one of the ever-increasing importance of the lateral wall of the nose and the nasopharynx together with the middle ear, in the comfort of millions of air travelers.

It is not our intent in this paper to go into the dangers of curetting . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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