Literary notes about Stridor (AI summary)
In literature, stridor functions on dual levels—both as a precise clinical term and as a powerful evocative device. Medical narratives employ stridor to denote a distinctive, harsh respiratory sound signaling conditions like congenital laryngeal distress ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]), while poetic works harness its auditory quality to enhance atmosphere and drama. For instance, its use in Latin writings and epic poetry captures a sense of dread or foreboding—illustrated by vivid depictions of a piercing, almost supernatural sound ([8], [9], [10]) and the eerie stridor accompanying winged omens in classical epic verse ([11], [12]). This layered application underscores the term’s unique ability to bridge technical description and artistic expression.
- Congenital laryngeal stridor is produced by an exaggeration of the infantile type of larynx.
— from Bronchoscopy and EsophagoscopyA Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson - The term "congenital laryngeal stridor" should be limited to the first described condition of exaggerated infantile larynx.
— from Bronchoscopy and EsophagoscopyA Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson - Hence the inspiratory stridor and dyspnoea.
— from A System of Practical Medicine. By American Authors. Vol. 3 Diseases of the Respiratory, Circulatory, and Hæmatopoietic Systems - In these cases there is marked stridor both on inspiration and expiration, but no aphonia.
— from Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson - Treatment of congenital laryngeal stridor should be directed to the relief of dyspnea, and to increasing the nutrition and development of the infant.
— from Bronchoscopy and EsophagoscopyA Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson - The man was quite unconscious, and never heeded her, though he was still breathing jerkily and feebly, with a rattling stridor in his throat.
— from Uther and Igraine by Warwick Deeping - The vibration of the margins of this aperture produces the inspiratory stridor.
— from Bronchoscopy and EsophagoscopyA Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson - 1769:— “Sed omnem sermonis elegantiam, et Latini sermonis venustatem, stridor lectionis Hebraicæ sordidavit.
— from Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 1 by George Grote - 'Tum sæva sonare Verbera, tum stridor ferri tractæque catenæ.'"
— from A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall - In principio est silentium, In medio stridor dentium, Et in fine rumor gentium.
— from Touring in 1600: A Study in the Development of Travel as a Means of Education by E. S. (Ernest Stuart) Bates - Juturna from afar beheld her fly, And knew th’ ill omen, by her screaming cry And stridor of her wings.
— from The Aeneid by Virgil - Juturna from afar beheld her fly, And knew the ill omen, by her screaming cry, And stridor of her wing.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 15 by John Dryden
