On pulmonary consumption; and on bronchial and laryngeal disease : with remarks on the places of residence chiefly resorted to by the consumptive invalid / by Sir Charles Scudamore.

Date:
1847
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Credit: On pulmonary consumption; and on bronchial and laryngeal disease : with remarks on the places of residence chiefly resorted to by the consumptive invalid / by Sir Charles Scudamore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE Formula of the sarsaparilla alkaline alterative mixture ... 113 Shower bath useful to this patient, at the period of his conva- lescence ... ... ... ... .-• 114 A long duration of recovery, but eventual and fatal relapse from irregularity ... ... ... ... 115 Case II.—^Tubercular Phthisis Pulmonalis. Much advanced, marked by pectoriloquism, and by much evident tubercular obstruction; repeated relapses from fresh softening of tubercles ; by due perseverance in the means of treatment for many months, eventual lasting recovery ... ... 115 Tannin lotion, preparation ot ... ... ... ... 117 Di-sulphate of quinine, formula of draught ... ... 119 Diarrhoea, probably arising from tubercular irritation ... l^S Case III.—Tubercular Phthisis Pulmonalis. Pectoriloquism. A very decided case of Consumption. The iodine inha- lation successftiUy employed ... ... ... 123 The patient kept, during the winter months, in apartments at a regulated temperature. The method of treatment detailed ... ... ... 126 Recovery at the arrival of the summer months ; afterwards drowned at sea ... ... ... ... 127 Case IV.—Tubercles in the right lung, with the suspicion of pectoriloquism in the axilla. The case evidently scrofti- lous. Iodine inhalation very serviceable. The patient recovered 128 Jomt examination of the case by the late Dr. Edwin Harrison 128 Suppuration of a cervical gland : whole treatment of the case • recovery ] Case V.—Phthisis Pulmonalis, tubercles in each lung ; great probability of an ulcer at the apex of the right lung ; hectic fever present. The iodine inhalation highly beneficial • the tubercular irritation removed ; and the patient restored to health ... ... _ _ 239 The symptoms and treatment detailed ... [ 'l31 The patient recovered and remained well fbr three years • then removed mto the country, where a fatal accidental illness took place ... 233 Case VI —Hemoptysis, succeeded by ulceration; hectic fever well-marked; from all concurrent symptoms, the exis tence of Phthisis Pulmonalis established; the curative power of lodme mhalation strongly displayed 1 qj The inhalation varied. Bark draught, with hydrocyanic acid 36 Satisfactory termmation of the case. .ycimL dcia . i^b