On the importance of the hyphomycetes in the causation of disease / Otto Lowe.

  • Lowe, Otto.
Date:
1912
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Credit: On the importance of the hyphomycetes in the causation of disease / Otto Lowe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ever since I can remember I have been subject to symptoms of Irregular Gout which may be grouped as follows— It is necessary to state that I have never been in the tropics. History of acute affection of throat a few days after birth, called quinsy which burst and relieved the symptoms. There is a state of Chronic nasopharyngitis with injection of fauces and back of pharynx with recurring attacks of hypersensi- tiveness of the mucosa resembling hay fever. Tonsils not enlarged. The mucosa is covered with a dense hyaline viscid mucus without any trace of purulence. There are recurring attacks of uvulitis in which the uvula enlarges sideways and may vesiculate but never proceeds to suppuration. These attacks may be accom- panied by severe vomiting and purging. TEETH. Two large central Upper Incisors, four smaller lower. Enamel wanting towards the free edge, dentine stained yellow. The dentine has slowly worn away at the edges and the enamel grown downwards pari passu. White dental caries present. The submaxillary glands were subject to subacute painless enlargement in childhood on catching cold, the symptoms subsided quickly without giving trouble. Thyroid gland palpable. ALIMENTARY CANAL. Attacks of acute catarrhal gastritis, acute catarrhal jaundice and intestinal colic are frequent. AIR PASSAGES. During childhood attacks of morning hoarseness were observed. These came on suddenly and sometimes proceeded to actual loss of voice. They disappeared as suddenly after a short interval. They were never observed after mid-day. They were evidently analogous to an asthma of the vocal cords. During this period small oval bodies of a whitey brown colour were found in the mouth, after being apparently expelled from the lungs. During sleep there is a tendency for the nasal passages to become choked towards early morning, resulting in mouth breath-