Word: pharynx
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...been prepared for emergency work was lost. Those who received good care slowly healed of their burns. There were cases, however, whose prognosis seemed good but where death supervened suddenly. Some who had only small external wounds died within a week or later, after an inflammation of the pharynx and oral cavity. There cannot be any doubt that the bomb's radiation had some effect on the blood. However, myself and others who worked in the ruined area for some hours shortly after the explosion suffered no ill effects...
...Seventeen had serious dust injury to their eyes, one man died of dust in his respiratory tract, three others were made very ill by it. In addition, at operations for other injuries, "the anesthetist remarked time & time again on the dirt in the pharynx and trachea [throat and windpipe]. Standing out in my memory are two in which the inside of the trachea was quite black and dry with dust. . . . An air-raid warden . . . told me that several of the dead found by his rescue party had been suffocated by dust-the mouth, nose and throat being completely blocked...