Chronic bronchitis : its forms and treatment / by J. Milner Fothergill.

  • Fothergill, J. Milner (John Milner), 1841-1888.
Date:
1882
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Credit: Chronic bronchitis : its forms and treatment / by J. Milner Fothergill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to the respiratory centre, as has been often said before in these pages, and should form part of the mixture taken in the day, Liq. strychniae - TT]^iv. Ac. phosph. dil. - . - - TTj^xv. Inf gent. - - - - - Bj- Ter in die, forms a capital day-medicine. When the temperature oscil- lates daily and the temperature chart shows diurnal peaks, then it is well to give this combination Quinae sulph. - - - - gr. ii. Ac. phosph. dil. - - - - TT|^xv. Tinct. digitalis . . _ _ ti|^x. Inf. gent. Bj. Ter in die, which will often shave down the peaks in a very satisfactory manner. Whatever the measures adopted, tonics and bitters to main- tain the tone of the stomach must never be omitted; the failure of the assimilative processes ever being borne in mind. The bronchial part of the malady may be an utterly subor- dinate matter, and the excessive secretion from the affected area be readily expectorated. It is the associated condition which is the grave matter. At times a localised bronchitis may be lighted up around the diseased area and require its appropriate management according to the indications and the symptoms of each case. The squill and hydrobromic acid mixture (p. 122) is often useful in such cases. In these cases the phthisical features have to be recognised when prominent; at other times the more truly bronchial features attract our attention ; but always and ever the im- portance of maintaining the general nutrition must be kept in mind as the cardinal matter. In this the sufferer from the