Pathological researches on phthisis ... Tr. from the French with introduction, notes, additions, and an essay on treatment / by Charles Cowan.

  • Louis, P. C. A. (Pierre Charles Alexandre), 1787-1872.
Date:
1836
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    them in conjunction with some of the balsamic remedies. The latter writer, especially, has insisted upon the use of fumiga- tions, invented an apparatus for their administration, and was also in the habit of employing the vapours from a variety of infused herbs. Dr. Pearson and others have spoken of the utility of aether, and the former prescribed the inhalation of narcotic vapours, arising from the maceration of a 3j., 3j., of the leaves of hyoscyamus in 3j- of aether. Dr. Mead, who does not appear himself to have pursued the treatment, thinks the fumigations, as described by Bennet, were too much neglected. It will be easily gathered from these slight references, that the methods proposed by more recent authors, have no other claims to novelty than the use of agents with which our prede- cessors were unacquainted. Their real value is not however on this account diminished, and after an examination of the works of Gannal,* Murray,-]- Scudamore,| and Cottereau,§ we do not hesitate to say, that the evidence in favour of the palliative effects of chlorine and iodine in phthisis, is amply suffi- cient to encourage others in the application of these remedies. The cases related by M. Cottereau are by far the most satisfac- tory ; we would refer to the first, also published by Gannal, and to the twelfth, as particularly striking and decisive as to the exist- ence of pulmonary tubercles. Sir C. Scudamore insists strongly on the power of iodine in facilitating expectoration, diminishing cough, and promoting sleep and appetite. Dr. Thompson, in his Mat. Med., speaks very favourably of the palliative action of chlorine in phthisis. All his trials were upon advanced cases; though not ultimately successful, it invariably gave relief, and, as he expresses himself, may be said to have scattered flowers on the borders of the grave. It is but fair to state, that Dr. Stokes, of Dublin, M. A. Laennec, of Nantes, M. Joul- mouche, of Rennes, and M. M. Flandin and Miquel, of Paris, have administered chlorine inhalations without success, and occa- sionally have found them injurious. The utility of these and * Two Memoirs on the Inhalations of Chlorine, &c. Translated by W. H. Potter, M.R.I. 8vo. London, 1830. t Inhalation of Iodine, 8fc. J. Murray, M.D. London, 1829. \ Inhalation in Pulmonary Consumplio7i, fyc. By Sir C. Scudamore, M.D., F.R.S. 8vo. London. § MCmoire, by Cottereau—Arch. Gen. de Med. Nov. 1830.