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were of a pretty firm fleftiy texture, pof- 

 fefled of a good degree of elafticity. He 

 could hardly allow them to remain half 

 a minute in his mouth, as they fliut up 

 the larynx, and thereby entirely ftopt his 

 breathing- 



This polypus had, for feveral years^ 

 prevented him from fwallowing any 

 thing without much difficulty ; neither 

 could he breath fo freely, nor fpeak Co 

 diftin<5lly as ufual ; it likewife occafioned 

 a cough, which frequently forced the 

 polypus into his mouth. 



On the ijth of May laft, while I at- 

 tended the infirmary, the refult of a 

 confultation was, that bronchotomy 

 fliould be performed, that he might 

 breath by the opening made in the tra- 

 chea, till fuch time as I fhould get a noofe 

 call on the polypus. This method of 

 cure, fuggeiled by Dr Monro junior, 

 was the mofl rational ; for the extradling 

 of it would have been improper, becaufe 

 the haemorrhage could not have been 

 flopped, befides the danger there was of 



pulling 



