The West Virginia Medical Student, Vol. 1 PDF Download

Author: James E. Reeves
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781527941106
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 576

Get Book

Book Description
Excerpt from The West Virginia Medical Student, Vol. 1: A Monthly Record of the Progress of Medicine, Surgery, and the Allied Sciences; November, 1875 When the superior laryngeal nerve alone is affected, the aphonia is never complete; the voice is hoarse, and the patient cannot utter the higher notes, while he can generally articulate the deeper ones. Section of the superior laryngeal nerves causes hoarseness, but does not produce complete extinction of the voice; for it paralyzes the crico-thyroid muscle only, and merely causes some relaxation of the vocal membrane, which may be counterbalanced by energetic contraction of the thyro-arytenoid and other muscles. On laryngoscopic examination, the vocal cords will be seen to approach and separate in a normal manner, but the emission of sound is accomplished with difficulty, from a lessened vibration of the vocal cords. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.