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2. The Diagnosis of Focal Sepsis of the Nose, Throat and Ear

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Patrick Watson-Williams*
Affiliation:
Nose and Throat, Bristol Royal Infirmary

Extract

The mouth and throat being normally and inevitably septic regions, it is useless to regard the mere presence of septic organisms and saprophytes as indicative of disease, though the finding of certain abnormal pathogenic organisms in smears and cultures, such as the Klebs-Loeffler bacillus, cannot be disregarded.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1932 

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