The pharynx and [oe]sophagus of a man who was brought into the hospital in a state of collapse, after a large but unknown dose of sulphuric acid.
The lining membrane of the [oe]sophagus has the longitudinal wrinkles or furrows so often, nay, almost constantly, met with in poisoning by the acids.
It always joins the œsophageal ring, and sends branches to the œsophagus and fore-part of the alimentary canal.
The epithelium rests upon a thin structureless basement-membrane, which is firmly united in the œsophagus and crop to the muscular layer and the epithelium.
The œsophagus passes between the connectives of the nerve-cord.
A large salivary gland and reservoir lie on each side of the œsophagus and crop.
Each nerve sends a branch downwards to the labrum, and the remaining fibres, collected into two bundles, join above the œsophagus to form a triangular enlargement, the frontal ganglion.
The small intestine has the same general structure as the œsophagus and crop; its chitinous lining is hairy, and thrown into longitudinal folds which become much more prominent in the lower part of the tube.
Since the œsophagus passes above the plate, the investing nervous ring also lies almost wholly above the tentorium.
In the œsophagus they are very long, and grouped in bundles along sinuous transverse lines.
In this manner the voice of the œsophagus was first discovered, which, in logical sequence, has carried me from one discovery to another.
Who has ever thought that the œsophagus was a breathing-tube of a similar functional order as the trachea?
Regarding the latter, it is necessary to note that photographic representations of vocal sounds are the result of the combined action of the voice of the œsophagus and of that of the trachea, of material and immaterial factors.
This may be done by way of the œsophagus or the trachea, i.
In raising the tongue, a free passage to the œsophagus is obtained, while that to the trachea is obstructed.
Four months subsequently, that is, seven months after swallowing the acid, the obliteration of the œsophagus was complete, and nothing whatever could be swallowed.
A young girl in the Valley of Calepino had all her limbs twisted and contracted, and had in the œsophagus a sensation as if a ball was sometimes rising in her throat, and again falling to her stomach.
As a consequence a stricture of the œsophagus was produced.
Illustration: Passage to the sophagus and Windpipe.
Footnote: We can observe the peculiar motion of the sophagus by watching a horse's neck when he is drinking.
The fibers of the sophagus contract above, while they are lax below, and convey the food by a worm-like motion into the stomach.
In the living forms the air-bladder is connected with the œsophagus through life; optic chiasma present; intestine with a spiral valve.
In nearly but not quite all of the Abdominal fishes the slender tube connecting the air-bladder with the œsophagus persists through life.
It is seldom that the opening of the œsophagus will close by the first intention, and therefore accurate approximation of the external wound need not be attempted.
The larynx was severed at the upper part of the cricoid cartilage, and the cut extremities had retracted at least three inches; the œsophagus was also cut across, but the extent to which it had receded was not ascertained.
A long œsophagus tube was introduced by the wound into the mouth, there laid hold of and drawn upwards, and then pushed down into the trachea, so that it extended from the mouth to some inches below the wound of the trachea.
Smaller and soft portions, if impeded in the passage, as when it has been narrowed by previous disease, are dislodged and pushed down by the cautious use of a small probang or œsophagus bougie.
The prominent symptom of stricture of the œsophagus is difficult deglutition.
At length, the abscess gave way spontaneously; and from the circumstance of portions of solid as well as fluid ingesta escaping by the external opening, it was evident that the œsophagus had ulcerated.
The Pectoral Sandpiper was observed by Nelson in Alaska, in May, to fill its A"sophagus with air dilating the skin of the neck and breast and forming a sack as large as the body.
The species called Ascaris simplex by Rudolphi was originally procured from the œsophagus and stomach of the dolphin of the Ganges and afterwards by Albers from the common porpoise.
Objection has been taken to my description of the œsophagus as “spiral.
So far back as the year 1684 Redi described round worms from the walls of the œsophagus of a dog.
Molin) infests the œsophagus and stomach of the lion and tiger.
The somatic contents of the embryo have at the same time differentiated into a complete intestinal tube, and a constriction marks the junction of the œsophagus with the stomach.
Of the single-suckered flukes, Creplin in 1825 obtained Monostoma plicatum from the intestines and œsophagus of a northern whale.
Worms in the Heart and Œsophagus of a Dog,” ‘Path.
Recovery progressed favorably, and on the twenty–second day after the injury both external wounds in the neck were healed, and the two in the œsophagus appeared to be closed also.
Their œsophagus is dilated into a resonant air-pouch.
The enormous extensile power of the mouth and œsophagus thus enables snakes to swallow animals, the size of which is several times in excess of their own diameter.
Next, one or more lumps of beef or horse-flesh are introduced into the jaws, and gently forced down deep into the œsophagus by means of a glass rod, which is polished in order not to injure the mucous membrane.
The œsophagus is then gently massaged in a downward direction, in order to cause the bolus of food to descend into the stomach (fig.
But little force must be used, and the whole operation conducted with the utmost care and gentleness; or the [oe]sophagus will be so far lacerated as to produce death, although the obstruction is removed.
Hollow viscera, like the œsophagus and urinary bladder, in so far as they are not covered by peritoneum, heal less rapidly.
When the œsophagus is pressed upon, the patient may have difficulty in swallowing.
This trick is extremely dangerous, since the [oe]sophagus exerts a sort of suction on all bodies that are introduced into it.
Although the [oe]sophagus is distinct, there is no stomach or anus.
It is directed posteriorly, the [oe]sophagus extending anteriorly; both these directions being the same as in the mature cirripede.
Lower end of [oe]sophagus viewed from a position at right angles to that in fig.
The distance between the transverse crest over the [oe]sophagus and the blunt projecting point on the summit of the medial ridge, b b, equals twice the longitudinal diameter of the rest of the mouth.
In those buried alive he found the substance filling the mouth and nose to the base of the tongue; in most of the cases the œsophagus and trachea were not penetrated.
Cinders passed thus into the trachea and œsophagus of kittens and rabbits.
By dividing the posterior wall of the pharynx and pulling downward these parts, the trachea and œsophagus can readily be removed together, a ligature having been first placed around the lower portion of the œsophagus.
One was in ashes: the nose was obstructed, mouth full: ashes also in the œsophagus and stomach, but none in larynx or bronchi.
New-born infant found buried in the earth; gravel and earth in pharynx and œsophagus down nearly to stomach, and in trachea and right bronchus.
Carbolic acid often produces in the stomach and œsophagus white patches—when these patches are carefully examined, an ulcerated surface beneath them is generally seen.
Open now the pharynx and œsophagus along their posterior border.
The frequency with which foreign bodies in the pharynx or œsophagus obstruct respiration, and the facility with which they may usually be removed, suggest a careful examination.
If the pulverulent material has penetrated into the œsophagus and stomach, the burial has occurred during life.
Exceptionally when burial has occurred after death and traces of the material are found in the air-passages, they are not found in the œsophagus or stomach.
Distend the œsophagus with a piece of cotton wool or paper to show the blood vessels more clearly.
The toilet of the pharynx and œsophagus remains to be decided.
The tube may pass into the œsophagus in spite of all care, and this may increase the dyspnœa by pressing upon the posterior part of the larynx, in which case it must be withdrawn by the thread and a further attempt made.
The whole of the larynx and a complete section of the pharynx were then removed as described in Gluck’s method; and, the trachea having been brought into the lower part of the wound, the pharynx and œsophagus were closed by sutures.
The larynx, and any part of the pharynx or œsophagus which is diseased, are separated from above downwards, the trachea being severed transversely as a final stage and sewn into a button-hole immediately above the sternum.
The Direct Examination of Œsophagus and Upper Air-passages.
It has frequently happened that the tube with its thread has passed down the œsophagus into the stomach, an accident which ought to be avoided.
The lower end of the larynx is hooked forward, and dissected away from the œsophagus by means of scissors or a sharp scalpel (Fig.
In the treatment of these injuries the chief point is to give the œsophagus rest by feeding the patient entirely by the rectum or through an opening made in the stomach--gastrostomy.
As soon as the œsophagus has healed, say in three or four weeks, bougies should be passed every three or four days to prevent cicatricial contraction.
Direct infection sometimes occurs from an abscess, a cellulitis, or an infected wound in the neck; it has also occurred from a foreign body impacted in the œsophagus ulcerating through and perforating the gland.
Rupture# of the œsophagus has occurred during violent vomiting, and during lavage.
The mouth, pharynx, and entrance to the œsophagus having been cleansed and cocainised, the patient is placed in the recumbent or sitting posture, and the tube introduced.
When the œsophagus is perforated, diffuse cellulitis of the neck or of the posterior mediastinum may ensue.
It is an interesting fact that foreign bodies, even as large as a dinner fork, when intentionally swallowed, can pass through the pharynx and œsophagus and enter the stomach without apparent difficulty.
Varix# at the lower end of the œsophagus may give rise to hæmatemesis, and be mistaken for gastric ulcer.
The main vessels are generally divided, the œsophagus and trachea opened into, and in some cases the vertebral canal is opened and the cord and its membranes injured.
The mucous membrane of the œsophagus is insensitive to tactile and painful stimuli, but is sensitive to heat and cold and to exaggerated peristaltic contractions.
The œsophagus extends from the level of the cricoid cartilage to about the level of the lower end of the sternum.
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