Excerpt from A Treatise on the Diseases and Injuries of the Larynx and Trachea: Founded on the Essay to Which Was Adjudged the Jacksonian Prize for 1835 The anterior surface of the larynx is covered only by the skin and by the sterno - hyoidei and sterno-thyroidei muscles; the poste rior surface is in immediate contact with the pharynx and the back of the mouth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.