Anatomical and physiological description of the late Signor Sarti's new anatomical model, : together with the causes, symptoms, and treatment of the diseases of the principal organs. / By W. Mawhinney, surgeon.

  • Mawhinney, W.
Date:
[between 1849 and 1854?]
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Credit: Anatomical and physiological description of the late Signor Sarti's new anatomical model, : together with the causes, symptoms, and treatment of the diseases of the principal organs. / By W. Mawhinney, surgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE LUNGS. le. ides which, there is a hissing inspiration and a difficulty inbreathing .specially in inspiration, and a pain low down in the throat. There is a mucous expectoration, sometimes mixed with shreds of lymph The face is flushed, the pulse rapid, with great anxiety of countenance. This disease ccurs in children between the period of weaning and puberty. The disease Ker The hours ,to .three or four da/8, or sometimes even b ' , e treatment is precisely the same as recommended in laryngitis • except when the child is very young, the jugular vein may be opS t’ ffirot <bV1ieedingnfr0ra the arm 5 after this’ leeches maT‘be applied to the th[ a bl ^ nUTbfr,must va,T according to the age of the child ; and after chis, a blister; but this must not be kept on too long. The warm baffi is sometimes of service and benefit has often been derived from emetics. These things can only be none safely by a medical practitioner. bronchitis Being an inflammatory disease, many of its symptoms are in common with m (animation of other parts. The pulse is quick, sometimes sc high as In0 ‘Weatin<f*°thp*? *5? SOft ’ -the ski *71 vetoes S.3. the fa“e ’and£?*'“’■ °f %'^ty wh,'te C°,lour ’ there is ?rsat congestion of - ia-e, and the veins of the neck and head are much enlarged durina- breathing’i^sha1]?3^011? Whi£h ^ TUally Pre9ent’is mach increased! The t reat nna is shallow and quick, and any attempt at a deep inspiration i« region ofWthe°r^r,able 'vT Tere is and IrenZ Tthe g bronchial tubes. There is sometimes considerable rnti?t etnCltedfby th<? Slightest motioc. The expectoration is in the inverse ratio to the intensity of the disease. It varies both in colour and consist- nee. It is sometimes yellow like pus, hut glutinous, and for the most part rwbite WTti Tther timeS it.“,daA Coio-ed- lfc -y be bluTgreen f . „ *f th! disease go on without interruption, it usually terminates same al“in heatT tT T “T 0n Percussion not altered, it is the same as in health ; hut, applying the ear to the chest, instead of the re«oi- a ory murmur there is a rough, loud sound like the snoring of a small anima1, or like the bass string of an instrument, called the “ sonorous rattle •” and sometimes here is a sharp, shrill sound heard, like the chSofa bird cal ed the « sibilous rattle.” These last symptoms are Z/Ziste In this disease, tartar emetic is of great service; it ought tube given in fi^es great’rfeflef as T ^ ^ r° Up nausea > even vomiting fttendfdwth it causes a great, discharge from the part, and is not • a x Pain* Tartar emetic is of greater service than in an? inflammatory disease. As this disease is so often mistaken for consumption and much valuable time lost under the treatment of inexperiencedTr‘on’ so drngto°nsSLol«™ne0eSS,ty C0SUlt''Dg a plVSioian of » ICHITIS. CHRONIC BRONC...iiU. Tms disease must be treated according to the condition of the pafient • the Steto.Tn7i 0t be carr^t00fari bQt W-ter?are often Of L a great snr Z £ Z^o ??e&nl SSm„l1S^^a0n- The f°“8 ra“le » THE LUNGS Are two oblong, conical bodies, situated in the chest, one on each side,