Account of a LocJc&d Jaw. . 191 



formed a barrier impenetrable by the air, as it riislicd out 

 of the lungs into this cavitj; and of course the whole of 

 what was thrown into the cavity of the abscess at each ex- 

 piration, would be drawn back again into the lungs, at 

 the next inspiration, and thus the surrounding parts might 

 escape tumefaction : and this passing and repassing of the 

 air will fully account for the noise, which the patient com- 

 plained of 



11. Account of a LocJccd Jaw. By AARON DEXTER, 



M. D. F. A. A. 



SIR, 



Boston, January 2Gtli, 1790 



BEG leave to present to the Academy, a particular histo- 

 ry of the unfortunate case of my friend, Dr. Edward 

 "Wyer. Jt rarely happens, that the particular circumstanc- 

 es attending the disease, with the full effect of applications, 

 and a constant variation of practice, as symi^toms appeared, 

 can be attended to as was the case in this instance : owino; 



O 



to his having no other nurses than such physicians, with 



his own assistance, as were able to change the mode accord- 

 ing to appearances. 



I presume, it may give some information to medical gen- 

 tlemen, who have not had an opportunity of being witness- 

 es to such distressing scei^es, 



I an?, with the greatest respect, 



your most obedient servant, 



A. DEXTER, 



The Mom. James Bowdoin Ebc[. \ 

 Pmdent of the a. a s, 



