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The place of direct laryngotracheobronchoscopy since its introduction 80 years ago, and the necessary anaesthetic methods, lighting systems, magnification and recent use of flexible fibreoptic bronchoscopes are discussed and appraised. Its further development is dependent upon that of modern optical instruments, whilst the basic principles of its use diagnostically and therapeutically remain little changed.
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Facial paralysis caused by benign parotid gland disease in 2 patients is reported. In one patient there was an acute parotid inflammation and a parotid cyst, to the medial wall of which the facial nerve was adherent. In the other patient the paralysis was assumed due to the toxic effects of a necrotizing lymph node, which was adherent to the nerve.