Abstract
History. —Mrs. G. (27804), American, white, aged 39, widow, laundress, admitted as a suspicious case of tuberculous laryngitis to the Isolation Department of the Evanston Hospital, on the service of Dr. S. V. Balderston, complained of sudden attacks of difficulty in breathing; tightness in chest; hacking cough and hoarseness. She had not been well since an attack of influenza in the preceding fall. The present trouble dated back only about one month, when the patient developed a cold in the head, but paid little attention to it, as she was bothered with chronic catarrh. Four days before admission, the patient had a sudden attack of difficulty in breathing, which passed off in a few minutes. These paroxysms became more frequent and of greater severity. She had eight attacks during the first fortyeight hours after admission to the hospital, and about an equal number at home before coming to the hospital.
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