A concise and practical treatise on the principal diseases of the air-passages, lungs, and pleura / by Alfred Catherwood.

  • Catherwood Alfred.
Date:
1841
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Credit: A concise and practical treatise on the principal diseases of the air-passages, lungs, and pleura / by Alfred Catherwood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CONTENTS. PART FIRST. DISEASES OF THE AIR-PASSAGES. CHAPTER I. CATARRH. Definition.—Divisions into, ]. Acute Mucous Catarrh ; 2. Chronic Mucous Catarrh; 3. Acute Pituitous Catarrh; 4. Chronic Pituitous Catarrh; 5. Dry Catarrh; 6. Whooping-Cough, or Spasmodic Catarrh. Acute Mucous Catarrh, Frequency of—Anatomical Cha- racters— General, Functional, and Local Signs—Ex- ternal Causes: Cold, Moisture with Cold, Miasm, Noxious Gases, Impalpable Powders — Predisponent Causes—Treatment: Hot Spirits and Water, Vapour Bath, Emetics, Purgatives, Diaphoretics, Expectorants, General and Topical Blood-letting, Vesicatories, Mer- cury—Diet CHAPTER H. CHRONIC MUCOUS CATARRH. Preliminary Observations—Anatomical Characters—Ge- neral, Functional, and Local Signs — Treatment: Leeches, Blisters, Setons and Issues, Moxas, Stimulat-