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Case of Emj-jhi/8cma, d:c. ISO 



^ tended; at first indeed more rapidly, but still continue to 



extend 



till the resistance which the air met with, in p 

 out at the opening, was equal to the force by which i 

 expelled from the trachea in expiration or in coudiino-. 



This solution of these appearances cannot be ascertained, 

 as we Avere not allowed to open the body, and whether it 

 will be thought admissible I cannot determine ; but 



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nother case which fell in my w^ay not a great while aero 



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may throw some light upon this, I will take the liberty to 

 relate it. . 



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A man about fifty three or fifty four years old, of a thin 

 habit of body, labouring under a very bad cough, attended 



with a hectick fever, -profuse sweats, &c. had a large tu- 

 mour formed Upon the upper part, of the thorax on the 

 left side, extending from the shoulder, all alono; the lower 



edge of the- clavicle, to the sternum, about the breadth of a 

 man's hand. This tumour had all i\\Q appearance of a 

 large abscess; it was accordingly treated as such, and sup- 

 puration seemed to be coming on as usual; but on remov- 

 ing the dressings one day, I found the tumour (though the 

 skin remained whole) less prominent to the eye, flabby to 

 the touch, and the pain and inflammation abated. I w^as 

 now at a loss what to make of the case, as the abscess seem-' 

 ed too far advanced to expect discussion. While I was 

 thinking of the matter, the patient asked me, "what could 

 occasion that blubbering noise (as he expressed himself) in 

 the sore ? " Upon which, applying my car near the part 

 where he perceived the noise, I plainly heard a whizzing, and 



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