Tracheotomy in a Case of Laryngitis: Recovery

the 5th. of January 1877. Stated that he had been suffering from occasional fits of dyspnoea for the last 3 or 4 months, and that lately his voice also has become hoarse ; has led a very irregular and dissipated life since his boyhood, and had syphilis and bubo about 20 years ago. Used sundry native drugs and was salivated. Is father of 3 children, two of whom died at an early age, one from cholera, the other from measles, and the third (first born, now 18 years old) is quite healthy. None of his children or his wife ever manifested any symptoms of syphilitic affection. On examination the following symptoms were observed :? Slight pyrexia ; moist but furred tongue ; congestion of the fauces and the tonsils ; pain on pressure over the larynx ; occasional hard, dry, spasmodic cough ; moderate difficulty inbreathing, attended with a wheezing noise in each act of inspiration; hoarseness of voice ; confined bowels. Treatment.?The bowels were moved by a mild dose of