On Diseases of the Lungs and Pleuræ Including ConsumptionW. Wood, 1886 - 347 páginas Excerpt from On Diseases of the Lungs and Pleuræ Including Consumption The very friendly reception which his former work met with by his professional brethren, encourages the author to hope that some of the short-comings of the present book will be indulgently attributed to the increasing cares and interruptions under which it has been written. The sincere thanks of the author are due to many friends who have helped him by suggestions and information in the course of his work, and acknowledgments are also due to his friend, Mr. J. Bland Sutton, for careful revision of proofs and preparation Of Index. 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. |
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abscess acid acute affected side alveolar alveoli aneurism apex asthma attack auscultation bacilli become blood bowels breath-sound breathing bronchi bronchial tubes bronchitis caseous catarrh cause cavity chest wall chronic climates clinical commonly consolidation cough crepitation diagnosis diarrhoea dilatation disease doses dullness dyspnoea elastic emphysema empyema enlarged especially expectoration expiration fever fibroid fluid frequently glottis hæmoptysis heard heart hectic hemorrhage inches increased inflammatory inhalation inspiration irritation laryngeal lesions less lung lymphatic marked morbid mucous membrane observed occur pain paracentesis pathology patient percussion period phthisis physical signs pleura pleural cavity pleurisy pleuritic effusion pneumo-thorax pneumonia pneumonic portion present pressure pulmonary pulse purulent pyrexia râles rarely regard remedies resonance respiration respiratory rhonchus ribs secretion slight softening sometimes sound sputa sputum stage suppurative surface symptoms syphilitic temperature thickening thorax tion tissue trachea treatment trochar tubercle tubercular tuberculosis tumor ulceration usually vesicular vessels whilst
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Página 40 - In Pneumonia these sounds become changed; there is dullness on percussion; and in the first stage, by auscultation, minute crepitation may be heard, which has been compared to the sound produced by rubbing a lock of hair between the finger and thumb close to the ear. In the next stage the sound just described cannot be heard, for as the Inflammation proceeds, the soft and spongy character of the lung is lost...
Página 1 - ... that the aerial cellular tissue of the lungs is made up of well-defined, rounded or oval lobules, united to each other by interlobular cellular membrane, each lobule constituting a sort of distinct lung in miniature, having its own separate artery and vein...
Página 245 - ... cases also clear. 2. Ulceration of the throat especially when malignant, may lead to copious hemorrhage, and in these cases again, no difficulty is likely to arise in the way of diagnosis. 3. A class of cases is now and again met with which occasions much trouble to the practitioner, and requires much decision in management.
Página 200 - It is true that privation, excess, errors in habits of life, the sedentary occupations, the pernicious influence of certain trades, grief, anxiety, and the other wasters of vital powers, will not suffice to induce consumption in all, or even in the greater proportion of, individuals ; for these agents so universally prevalent are part of the daily lot, or of the daily errors, of many more than fall victims to consumption. But it is also true that, if to any or all of these conditions that of inherited...
Página 251 - ... the mucous membrane of the larynx, and upper part of the trachea, with points or patches of ulceration.
Página 313 - ... counter-irritation suitable to different cases. Under their use the cough and expectoration frequently diminish. Acids and astringent iron tonics and oil are needed. Sedative cough mixtures are directly contra-indicated in these cases, except for the purpose of giving rest at bedtime. It is in these cases that inhalations are most useful; for, firstly, there being no actively spreading disease present, they can do no harm ; secondly, we can by their use render less noxious the pus that bathes...
Página 189 - ... of Koch's bacillus with tubercle, and their value for diagnostic purposes, which no one denies, but proves nothing with regard to their etiological or pathological importance. Leading medical men of France, England, the United States and of almost every nation outside of Germany, still maintain that the characteristic lesions of phthisis are brought about by many causes, and only concede that such lesions furnish a soil upon which bacilli reach growth. One of the most eminent of recent authorities...
Página 122 - ... to be taken into consideration in coming to a decision as to the relative advantages of high or low climates in the treatment of emphysema.
Página 282 - At 7 o'clock, or earlier, while still in bed, a cup of milk, with a dessert or tablespoonful of cognac, or with lime-water, or with a small quantity of tea or cocoa, and a small piece of bread and butter. "At half-past 8 or 9. after dressing, breakfast of milk, with some slightly stimulating addition, as tea, coffee, or cocoa, bread and butter, or bacon or ham, or fish.
Página 314 - The result of all these efforts has been- — what an intelligent consideration of the pathology of the disease might have anticipated — a uniform failure.