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ma. Foreign bodies such as fish bones, pins, 

 needles, pieces of stick, straw, grass, etc., are 

 frequent causes. It may also be caused by 

 extension of infection from the buccal cavity. 



Symptoms. — Salivation, partial or complete 

 anorexia, tendency to hide away, pawing at 

 the mouth or throat Examination reveals an 

 inflamed condition of the pharynx and usual- 

 ly the foreign body. Sometimes however a 

 careful stearch must be made before the offend- 

 ing article can be discovered especially if it be 

 a needle. 



Treatment. — Prompt removal of the foreign 

 body, the application of an inoffensive astring- 

 ent antiseptic such as glycerin tannin (tannic 

 acid 1; glycerin 4) is all the treatment re- 

 quired. The patient should be placed on a soft 

 diet and kept quiet for a few days. 



Acute Peripharyngeal Abscesses 



Acute peripharyngeal abscesses are of fairly 

 frequent occurrence and are due in nearly, 

 every instance to foreign bodies such as needles 

 and fish bones perforating the pharynx and 

 lodging in the peripharyngeal^ tissues. 



Symptoms. — In addition to the symptoms 

 described above, pain and swelling in the affec- 

 ted region, difficult breathing, pain upon ma- 

 nipulation and finally the development of fluc- 

 tuation in the swelling. 



