Cheyne-Stokes respiration / by George Alexander Gibson.

  • Gibson, George Alexander, 1854-1913.
Date:
1892
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    CH1'^YN]>STOKl« RKSPIRATION. T?EW symptoms have within an equally brief space of time ■^ excited so much discussion as that peculiar modification of the respiratory rhythm which in every language bears the names of Cheyne and Stokes, and, as so much has already been written on tlie subject, there cannot fail to be some hesitation before adding another to the many contributions towards its elucidation. In our own country, however, the symptoms which frequently accompany the type of breatluiig in question are but imperfectly known, while of the many explanations that liave been advanced to account for its appearance, very few have been seriously considered, and it therefore seems unnecessary to give any reasons for bringing the matter forward once more. During the last four years several excellent examples of this type of breathing have been under my observation, and these have led me to study the phenomena which are linked with it, as well as to criticise the theories that have been formed to explain its mode of origin. In the following pages the results of these investigations are fully embodied, and as they naturally fall into three classes, it will be of advantage to group them in three divisions: historical, clinical, and critical. IIlSTOUICAL. The type of biuathing which forms the subject of the present remarks has aroused a great amount of interest and produced a corresponding number of contributions to medical science. Occurring as it iloes in the course of many varieil conditions, the symptom is, as miglit be expected, referred to in works on many ditlV'reiit diseases. The literature of the subject has tluMvfdrt' assunieil large proportions. Many of tlie writings which lia\o been (.levitttnl to it are of bnt little value, ami yet they have served a useful purpose by throwing light upon some of its phases, A