Foreign Bodies in the Respiratory Tract

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Abstract
A MAJORITY of the articles referred to in this review, which covers the period from 1945 to 1948, deal with isolated reports of unusual cases of lodging of foreign bodies in some portion of the respiratory tract. The spectacular nature of such cases and the often dramatic recovery that follows removal of the foreign body have, since the earliest days of endoscopic examination of the airways, made this occurrence of great medical interest. Because of constant efforts on the part of the bronchoscopist to educate the laity and the general practitioner in the prophylactic measures directed toward avoidance of such . . .