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A UNIQUECOMPLICATION OFTONSILLECTOMY. Presented by DR. HORACE J. WILLIAMS.
Dr. Williams reported the breaking of a tonsil snare wire during tonsillectomy on a child, with escape of the smaller wire fragment. This fragment lodged in the right lower lobe bronchus. The operation had been performed by a hospital intern. After localization by roentgen ray, the wire was removed by Dr. Chevalier Jackson on the day after operation. A plea was made for careful inspection of all instruments, teeth, etc., before performing tonsil operations.
ACUTELARYNGEALEDEMA. Presented by DR. DAVIDHUSIK.
Dr. Husik classified laryngeal edemas as follows:
First: Acute inflammatory infectious type secondary to localized adjacent inflammation, or occurring during some infectious disease such as scarlet fever, influenza, or typhoid fever.
Second: Noninflammatory, noninfectious type caused by foreign bodies, burns, passive congestion, potassium iodide, and angioneurotic conditions.
Two cases requiring tracheotomy were reported: one followed tonsillectomy