an examination of the larynx ; clearly this part is affected whatever the condition elsewhere. When transitory this symptom is usually of slight importance, but when persistent it cannot be lightly regarded. Especially is this so when hoarseness is the sole trouble. "Hoarseness alone, without pain or any other symptom, may be the only portent of an early tuberculosis, laryngeal cancer, tabes do...

introduction:  the aim of this study was to compare the preventive effects of corticosteroids and curcumin on subglottic stenosis in an animal model.  materials and methods: twenty-one male german shepherd dogs were used for this study. after standardized trauma to the subglottic area, the dogs were divided into three groups. group a received curcumin (450 mg/ day) for 15 days; group b received...

Tuberculosis is universally a common and serious complication in leprosy patients. This is as true at the U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, Carville, Louisiana, as in leprosaria in other countries (1, 2). Of 607 patients dying in the hospital among 1,512 admitted prior to July I, 1950, 141 have had moderately 'Or far-advanced active tuberculosis at the time 'Of death. Thus tuberculosis was ...