Case of congenital atresia of the oesophagus with infantile pyloric stenosis.

History. A healthy white woman of 24 was delivered on October 14, 1944, of her third full term male child which weighed 5 lb. 15 oz. The infant cried promptly but was cyanosed. There was abundant mucus in the pharynx, and moist medium rales were present throughout the chest. No pyloric tumour was noted. Oxygen by nasal funnel relieved the cyanosis until the child fed, whereupon, within twenty seconds, it became deeply cyanotic, choked, and regurgitated nearly all the feeding. Hypodermoclysis with 5 per cent. glucose saline was instituted. X-ray investigation was carried out on October 17, 1944.