Plugs of the Air Passages

Humidification of the air passages.

The reasons for moistening of the mucous membranes are several. Ciliary action is dependent on a supply ofmucus, of the right viscosity and in correct amount; in this blanket of mucus are carried lysozymes, described by Fleming (1928), of considerable bacteriostatic and bactericidal importance. The alveoli of the lung must be kept moist, for otherwise respiratory exchanges cannot be carried on;...

Leech in the Air Passages

One day last year on arriving at tlie Panchmar dispensary I found 'the Sub-Assistant Surgeon trying to remove a leech from tlie pharynx of an Afghan lad of fourteen. I told him to carry on while I attended to some other work and present' ly he reported that the leech had gone down into the boy's larynx. With direct sunlight and a laryngoscopic mirror I could see the leech very clearly lying on ...

Foreign Bodies in the Air Passages.

An Unusual Case of Foreign Body in the Air Passages

t By K. M. LAL, m.b., b.s. Medical Officer on Reserve Duty, Ludovic Porter Hospital, Meerut (With the kind permission of Major D. Clyde, i.m.s., Civil Surgeon, Meerut) Nihal aged 63 years presented himself on 25th November, 1931, with a swelling on the left side of the chest in the region of the fifth rib in the mid axillary line and with a history of having accidentally swallowed a fairly big ...

[foreign Bodies in the Air and Food Passages].