A Case of Laryngeal Phthisis, in Which the Windpipe Was Opened on Account of Dyspnœa

E. R., set. 6, the child of a dock labourer, was admitted into the Children's Hospital, under my care, with the following history: For the last six months she had been gradually losing her voice, and her breathing had become bad. She had no cough in the daytime, but at night would get attacks of dyspnoea and coughing. She never had suffered from croup, but three years ago had a sharp attack of broncho-pneumonia. There was no history of syphilis; both her parents and their other children were all healthy and living, but a maternal aunt had died of