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Title: Diseases of the nose and throat; a text-book for students and practitioners
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Ivins, Horace F
Subjects: Nose Throat
Publisher: Philadelphia, Davis
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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i.,1889), wounds of the sphenoid bone may result (1) in fissuresof the superior wall of the sinus, continuous trickling ofcerebro-spinal fluid; (2) ruptures of a fragment of the body ofthe bone may wound the internal carotid to the inside of thecavernous sinus and cause pulsating exophthalmia; (3) continu-ation of the fissure in the canal of the optic nerve will causecompression or rupture of the optic nerve, and, consequently,amaurosis; (4) if the fissure extend to the oval or round fora-men, it will produce anaesthesia of the second and third branchesof the trifacial, and a rupture or wound of other and cerebralnerves may present simultaneously. It should be noted that in all the cavities maggots andother parasites may accumulate and give rise to intense suffering.Virchow has demonstrated the occasional presence of a calcare-ous lining of the pneumatic cavities, which may extend to themucous membrane of the nose through the various cell-outlets. PART II The Pharynx and its Diseases.
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Fig. 55.—Vertical Section through Basilar Process.(From a photograph.) Upper and posterior portions of skull and the spinal column removed. Posterior pharyngeal walldivided vertically and stitched aside, revealing the naso-pharyngo-laryngo-oesuphageal region; lookingforward. CHAPTER XII. Anatomy and Physiology of the Palate andPharynx. The palate is composed of an anterior (hard) and a pos-terior (soft) portion. The former is bounded anteriorly and lat-erally by the alveolar processes, posteriorly by the soft palate.The mucous covering is tightly adherent to the periosteum; ithas a median ridge and lateral corrugations, and is lined withsquamous epithelium; under it are numerous glands. The softpalate (velum pendulum palati) is attached to the posteriorborder of the hard palate,—with which it is continuous,—thelateral walls of the pharynx, the edges of the base of thetongue, and the nasal fossae. It is a movable, membranouscurtain, the lower border of which is free, and, when re

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