Compressed air, as a therapeutic agent, in the treatment of consumption, asthma, chronic bronchitis, and other diseases / by Archibald Simpson ; with a preface by William MacLeod.

  • Simpson, Archibald, 1790-1847.
Date:
1857
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    88 audible on tlie riglit, and distant on the left side. Harshness con- siderably diminished in superior region of right lung. Feels, on the whole, better and stronger, and his appearance is by no means so sallow and unhealthy. Still coughs at night. .Has, however, lost weight, being now 8 st. 5| lbs.; and pulse continues quick. Dec. 16. Mucous rales ai'e not heard in the right lung, and are softer in the left, and harshness in the apices less. Mucous rales still perceptible in left axilla. Edges of ulcer are now adherent to the surface, except at upper part. Appetite improved, and diges- tion good. Pulse rather weaker, and continues to lose weight. To leave off towel-])acks, continue wash down and spouting, and to take a dessert-spoonful of cod-liver oil twice a day. Dec. 23. Mucous rales are again distinguishable, though not extensively, on both sides; but vesicular murmur extends in both. Has slightly gained in weight. To continue treatment, and take twenty drops of vinum ferri with the cod-liver oil. Dec. 27. Vesicular murmur audible throughout nearly the whole of the affected parts. Slight mucous nile towards outer end of right clavicle, but not elsewhere. Cough better. Expectoration whitish, and scanty. Continues under treatment. CASE XIII.—PHTHISIS.—PRAVAZ. M. G., Sit. 34, subject to obstinate catarrhal affections, had, in May 1849, an attack of catarrh, complicated with laryngitis and oc- casional aphonia, cough, especially in the moniing and during the night, with fever. Digestive organs disordered. Respiratoiy mur- murs much weakened, especially at summit of left lung. Prolonged bronchial respiration and bronchophony, sibilant and bronchial rales, and moist crfepitation at summit of both lungs, and dulness of percussion. Expectoration abundant, streaked with blood. T)y- spnoea considerable. After undergoing other treatment without much benefit, he commenced, in September, the use of the air-bath and of cod-liver oil. Sixty-five baths removed all his symptoms; and in April 1850 his state was as follows:—General health excel- lent, and strength restored. No abnormal resonance of voice. Re- spiration everywhere puerile and clear, excepting a slight indistinct- ness at the summit of the left lung. CASE XIV.—PHTHISIS.—BERTIN. Bertin relates a case of a lady, aet. 2fi, who, along with all the usual general symptoms of phthisis, had dulness of percussion be- neath right clavicle, and in the inferior and posterior jiart of both lungs, with harshness of inspiration, prolonged expiration, moist rales, and marked pectoriloquy under the right clavicle. Cough, and expectoration of mucus, mingled with j)ortions of tubercular matter. The following was her state after thirty-six sittings :—Pulse, which had been 76, reduced to 57. Expectoration merely of a