On change of air in the prevention and cure of pulmonary phthisis / by John C. Thorowgood.

  • Thorowgood, John C. (John Charles), 1833-1913.
Date:
1865
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Credit: On change of air in the prevention and cure of pulmonary phthisis / by John C. Thorowgood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    upper part of one lung, a good deal of expectoration, and now and then a little blood tinged the sputa ; the appetite and digestion were feeble, and there was a good deal of gen- eral debility. The result.of this gentleman's experience of climate^ was_rto him disappointing and unsatisfactory ; at ifica he had suffered much from paiu at the chest and diffi- \o -vsn V> >,v>. <.•..•,-, > „ •••••••• •-*.\-.V ,j>J>03i .-a .v.»v>vYT culty of breathing, but, alter staying at Cannes, he improved considerably, and could take and digest a fair \amount 0f cod-liver oil. ^T^ougli {reproving in general health and strength-; -'IfiS Jang^'symptoms did not show much amendment,''kiiiS1^^ Seemed that a change to the mild,'! 'relaxing ai!r;;6f Paft fc¥igkt now be .'a judicious move. The event proved other- wise; and, referring to letters now by my side, which I received on his arrival at Pau, I am struck1'to3 see how B&oix1 (the change of air seemed11 to' ''produce1 IJa 'bad '^ffe6fe Ivaugourl of system, inability to take the1 eed-liyfe'r dj1J ltisst<ISf appetite and increase of debility, were the prominent syftip- toitis, IWhdle, Jftt thesame time, the expectoration' and bough •increased] and things turned quite for tho worse. !Ih %is ihstancejthe patient felt convinced he should do^btitter^B&iii feebhis chest easier in a milder air than that of 'lGahnes,l4$nrt shall not bo soon persuaded again to let a phthisical invalid, who is feeding well and gradually gaining bodily strength, go from a dry, bracing air to one that id relaxing ^d mild, because he may at times fancy the former to be rather trying to his chest. In the instance o^ another1 pMfie!fit ofl whom I have lately heard, a similar change was followed by quite as xm{woisAfa^mh&&& Yjav °* ^6 81 e'iSjiG'faqmei The change from such a climate as that of Cannes to ■theusedative air of Pau is a docided 6ne • fdrW- in^alM^'«s will be seen by comparing the climate of Pau with that of Cannes, Nice,; Hyeres and Provence generally, and this will bring us to 'oensjderstife©! efefetPof-sbMeing1 olimates &Wr pulmonary disease.03 gubfoemei qlarl don blxroo eds jsdi