<i>A Case</i>of Ossification and Bony Growth of the Cartilages of the Larynx, Preventing Deglutition

Abstract

AIIMRS.M. about 50 years of age, who up to this period of life had uniformly enjoyed a good state of health, early in the spring of 1815, began to ex- perience some uneasiness when she attempted to swallow; this she attributed to a slight enlarge- ment of the left tonsil.The difficulty which at- tended deglutition, however, increased so rapidly, that slhe was soon compelled to relinquish solid