The Water-cure journal, and herald of reforms, devoted to physiology, hydropathy and the laws of life . our readera to Prove All Thinqs and to HoldFast only the Good. HOUSEHOLD SUKGERY. CHOKING AT THE THEOAT, WINDPIPE, AND(ESOPHAGUS. NO. IV. BY JOEL SHEW, M. D. Death is in some instances caused by the mereact of getting a piece of meat, potatoe, apple, &c.,fast in the throat. In such cases the patient, orassistant, should pass the thumb and finger downthe gullet, and, if possible, at once extract theFig. 1. and three inches round. He left the table imme-diately, went out at the street-door, an
The Water-cure journal, and herald of reforms, devoted to physiology, hydropathy and the laws of life . our readera to Prove All Thinqs and to HoldFast only the Good. HOUSEHOLD SUKGERY. CHOKING AT THE THEOAT, WINDPIPE, AND(ESOPHAGUS. NO. IV. BY JOEL SHEW, M. D. Death is in some instances caused by the mereact of getting a piece of meat, potatoe, apple, &c.,fast in the throat. In such cases the patient, orassistant, should pass the thumb and finger downthe gullet, and, if possible, at once extract theFig. 1. and three inches round. He left the table imme-diately, went out at the street-door, and about aquarter of an hour after was found dead. It wassupposed that he had died of apoplexy, but onexamination of his body, it was found that thislarge piece of meat was in his throat, and beyonddoubt had caused his death. Had any one beenpresent, and had understood the matter, it mighteasily have been pulled out with his finger andthumb, as it was at the top of the throat, and fullywithin reach. The way in which death is causedin such a case is readily understood by referringFig. 2. Fig. CHOKING. oflTending substance. Or if this cannot be done,he should swallow large draughts of water, a pieceof bread, and the like, to force the mass down-wards ; and if all else fails, the probang itselfshould be at once used. Choking may happen in three ways, either ofwhich may prove fatal. A substance may becomelodged at the pharynx, closing both the oesopha-gus and the epiglottis ; or it may slip through atthe epiglottis into the bronchus, or windpipe ; orit may pass some way into the oesophagus, andfrom its being of too large size, may there remain. Mr. South, one of the surgeons of St. ThomasHospital in London, relates an instance in which aman who, when eating leg-of-beef-soup for his sup-per, rather greedily, it may be presumed, got intohis throat a piece of meat about two inches long
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