A Case of Cellular Emphysema
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A iViOHAMmjsijajn una., ageu ?*, xepuiieu at wit; uispensary on September 5th. The complaint was fever for three days, and a swelling over the suprasternal notch. This was about the size of an egg and had the crackling of cellular emphysema. There was' no history of injury. She was seen on this occasion by our house physician, who advised the parents to leave her in hospital but this they refused to do. On September 7th, the child was brought again and I admitted her into hospital. There was no fever, but the cellular emphysema had extended over the neck to the cheeks, the abdomen and back to below the level of the umbilicus, and the arms to the elbow joints. The child
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