CHAPTER V

TRACHEOSCOPY AND BRONCHOSCOPY

=Indications.= (i) _Foreign bodies._ Accidental inhalation of foreign bodies is more common in children than in adults in the proportion of about two to one. The character of the foreign body should be considered before treatment is advised, and for this purpose the inhaled bodies may be divided into three classes:

(_a_) Pointed; such as bones, needles, teeth, nails, &c. (_b_) Rounded; i. Hard, such as coins, stones, or buttons.