Ulceration of the Larynx in a Case of Leprosy; Œdema Glottidis; Laryngotomy
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into the jail hospital, suffering from difficulty of breathing. This had come on rather suddenly during the preceding night; for a week or more previously there had been one of those breaks in the rains, when the atmosphere becomes sultry. During the night of the 15th, a heavy fall of rain had occurred, which had suddenly reduced the temperature, while at the same time the air was laden with moisture. To this is to be attributed the sudden accession of the symptoms in
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