Enlarged postpharyngeal lymphatic glands are not rare in tuberculosis, and by pressing upon the wall of the pharynx and restricting the lumen of this organ they cause difficulty in both breathing and swallowing.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
The false membrane, characteristic of diphtheria, would form, in a certain proportion of cases, in the larynx and upper part of the trachea of the little patient, the inflammatory swelling that accompanied it further decreasing the naturally small lumen of the child's undeveloped air passages.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
Unum Dominum Jesum Christum; Filium Dei Unigenitum; Ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula; Deum de Deo; lumen de Lumine; Deum Verum de Deo Vero; Genitum non factum; Consubstantialem Patri.
"By What Authority?"
Robert Hugh Benson