Carbonic acid in medicine / by Achilles Rose, M.D. ; with the portraits of van Helmont, Priestley and Lavoisier.

  • Achilles Rose
Date:
1905
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Credit: Carbonic acid in medicine / by Achilles Rose, M.D. ; with the portraits of van Helmont, Priestley and Lavoisier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ment had existed. But even in the chronic cases subjective and objective improvement was noticeable almost from the commencement of treatment; that is, improvement in regard to either duration or severity or both. Ame- lioration of the shortness of breath was noted, not only during the attacks, but during the in- tervals ; and bodily exertions, such as climbing of stairs, could be executed with greater facility. Simultaneously with the relief of dyspnea and asthmatic difficulty there was experienced a most beneficial influence on the bronchial catarrh. Only in one case (No. III.) was no change noticed during treatment, and in another case the improvement took place after treatment had been discontinued. In all other cases the cough improved, the rales became less or disappeared completely. Especially noteworthy are three cases of em- physema of the lungs, which Ephraim treated with carbonic - acid gas. The history of all three is essentially the same. There were con- siderable emphysema, chronic bronchial ca- tarrh, cough, and shortness of breath, which, [io8]