On coughs, consumption, and diet in disease / By Horace Dobell.

  • Dobell, Horace, 1828-1917.
Date:
1877
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Credit: On coughs, consumption, and diet in disease / By Horace Dobell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE. Notice by the Editor ] 3 Table of Contents 7-8 PART I.—The Diagnosis of Bronchial %nd Pulmonary Diseases. I. The Systematic Examination of the Chest • . . 9 II. The Diagnosis of Early Phthisis 37 III. The Value of Cavernous Sounds . . . . .42 IV. The Importance of Hemoptysis as a Symptom . . -45 V. Winter Coughs.—The Relations of Bronchitis and Emphy- sema .......... 49 VI. The Diagnosis of Narrowed Air-Passages . . • 7^ VII. Post-Nasal Catarrh 89 VIII. Ear Cough 97 IX. The Natural Course of Neglected Cough . . . .112 PART II -The Treatment of Colds, Coughs and Consumption. I. Pathological Conditions in Winter Cough .... 121 II. The Early Treatment of Catarrh ...... 132 III. The Avoidance of Colds .....,, 142 IV. Therapeutic Resources in Coughs . . . . .150 1. Medicines introduced by the Stomach . . • 151 2. Medicines introduced by Inhalation , . . 162 3. Counter-irritants 169 4. Changes of Climate . . . . . .172