On Monday evening, however, dyspnoea and dysphagia appear again in an aggravated form.
"On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote"
A. Mueller
In the first case in which it was employed it was a failure, inasmuch as the patient died from the progress of the diphtheria, though the notes of the case show that after the introduction of the tube the dyspnoea was relieved and the child breathed with comparative ease for the sixteen hours that elapsed before death took place.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
Thus Dr. O'Dwyer, realizing all the difficulties of this new method of treatment, solved them, as experience proved that the tubes could be made of still smaller calibre than had been hitherto supposed and yet be efficient in relieving respiratory dyspnoea.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh