ANGINA LUDOVICI: AN ANATOMIC AND CLINICAL STUDY

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Ludwig's angina is a phlegmonous process arising from infections within the floor of the mouth and localized in a definite anatomic space. This space is secured by boundaries, having as its floor, the mylohyoid muscle; as its lateral walls, the bodies of the mandible; as its posterior wall, the muscles which unite to form the base of the tongue and the deep part of the submaxillary gland, and, as its roof, the tongue and the mucosa covering the floor of the mouth. The condition, being thus limited, quickly induces alarming local symptoms, which make it one of the most dreaded diseases. If treatment is not prompt, in the early stage, the mortality is high; it is given by various authors as approximately 50 per cent. Von Ludwig,1 after whom the disease is called, described a case, characteristic in every detail, of a rapidly spreading infectious process confined in this

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