A Rare Variety of Surgical Emphysema

was puffy and when palpated it gave a sensation of fine crackling crepitus. The case was diagnosed as surgical emphysema but there was no violence to the chest and there was neither any fracture of the ribs nor any external wound. The swelling gradually extended over whole of the chest within a day or two and wherever palpated it gave the same sensation of fine crackling crepitus. Slight temperature and cough were continuing. On auscultation of the lungs scattered rales were found. No abnormality in any other system was detected. The patient was completely cured by penicillin injections and sedative mixture.