See also:

• ADENOIDS, or ADENOID GROWTHS (from Gr. Abevoetbi7s,glandular)

ADENOIDS, or ADENOID GROWTHS (from Gr. Abevoetbi7s,glandular)  , masses of soft, spongy See also:

• TISSUE (Fr. tissu, tissue, participle of tisser, Lat. texere, to weave)

tissue between the back of the See also:

• NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose and See also:

• THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat, occurring mostly in See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children; blocking the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air-way, they prevent the due inflation of the lungs and the proper development of the See also:

• CHEST (Gr. Kiarl, Lat. cista, O. Eng. cist, test, &c.)

chest . The growths are See also:

• APT

apt to keep up a See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant See also:

• CATARRH (from the Gr. Karappeiv, to flow down)

catarrh near the orifice of the ventilating tubes which pass from the throat to the See also:

• EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

ear, and so render the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child dull of See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing or even See also:

• DEAF

deaf . They also give rise to See also:

• ASTHMA (Gr. avBµa, gasping, whence lio-Ogaivw, I gasp for breath)

asthma, and like enlarged tonsils—with which they are often associated—they impart to the child a vacant, stupid expression, and hinder his See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical and intellectual development . They cause his See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice to be " stuffy," thick, and unmusical . Though, except in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of a cleft See also:

• PALATE (Lat. palatum, possibly from the root of pascere, to feed)

palate, they cannot be seen with the naked See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye, tney are often accompanied by a visible and suggestive granular See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall at the back of the throat . Their presence may easily be determined by the medical attendant gently hooking the end of the See also:

• INDEX

index-See also:

• FINGER

finger See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the back of the soft palate . If the tonsils are enlarged it is kinder to See also:

• POST

post-pone this digital examination of the throat until the child is under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of an anaesthetic for operation upon the tonsils, and if See also:

• ADENOIDS, or ADENOID GROWTHS (from Gr. Abevoetbi7s,glandular)

adenoids are See also:

• PRESENT

present they can be removed at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time that the tonsils are dealt with . Though the disease is a comparatively See also:

• RECENT

recent See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery, the See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer in its treatment being See also:

• MEYER, CHRISTIAN ERICH HERMANN VON (18or-1869)
• MEYER, HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM (1800-1873)
• MEYER, JULIUS LOTHAR (183o-1895)
• MEYER, KONRAD FERDINAND (1825-1898)
• MEYER, VICTOR (1848-1897)
• MEYER, [MARIE] PAUL HYACINTHE (184o- )

Meyer of See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen, it has probably existed as See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long as See also:

• TUBERCULOSIS

tuberculosis itself, with which See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection it is somewhat distantlyconnected . In the unenlightened days many children must have got well of adenoids without operation, and even at the present time it by no means follows that because a child has these post-nasal vegetations he must forthwith be operated on . The condition is very similar to that of enlarged tonsils, where with time, See also:

• PATIENCE

patience and See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• MEASURES

measures, operation is often rendered unnecessary . But if the child continues to breathe with his mouth open and to snore at See also:

• NIGHT

night, if he remains deaf and dull, and is troubled with a chronic " See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold in his See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head," the question of thorough exploration of the naso-pharynx and of a surgical operation should most certainly be considered . In recent years the comparatively See also:

• SIMPLE

simple operation for their removal has been very frequently performed, and, as a See also:

• RULE

rule, with marked benefit, but this treatment should always be followed by a course of instruction in See also:

• RESPIRATORY

respiratory exercises; the child must be taught regularly to fill his lungs and make the tidal air pass through the nostrils .

These respiratory exercises may be resorted to before operation is proposed; and in some cases they may render operative treatment unnecessary . Operations should not be performed in cold See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather or in piercing See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east winds, and it is advisable to keep the child indoors for a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day or two subsequent to its performance . To expose a child just after operating on his throat to the risks of a See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey by See also:

• TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train or See also:

• OMNIBUS (Lat. " for all ")

omnibus is highly inadvisable . Although the operation is not a very painful one, it ought not to be performed upon a child except under the influence of See also:

• CHLOROFORM (trichlor-methane), CHC13

chloroform or some other general anaesthetic . (E .