Researches on the nature, pathology and treatment of emphysema of the lungs : and its relations with other diseases of the chest / by A.T.H. Waters.

  • Waters, A. T. H. (Alderman Thomas Houghton), 1826-1912.
Date:
1862
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Credit: Researches on the nature, pathology and treatment of emphysema of the lungs : and its relations with other diseases of the chest / by A.T.H. Waters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fig. 1. Fig. I is a drawing of a terminal bronchial tube, with a group of air sacs, or lobuleite, connected with it, divided transversely (human). a, the terminal bronchial tube; b, the dilated extremity of the terminal bronchial tube; c a c, individual air-sacs. At d, a bristle is seen passed into an air-sac; oue end is seen opening into the common cavity in which the bronchial tube terminates. At e e are seen the openings of other sacs which lie beneath those which are exposed; six sacs are seen converging to the common centre. The markings in tlie air-sacs denote the boundaries of the alveoli. Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a drawing of two terminal bronchial tubes, with two groups of air-sacs, or lobulettes. The terminal tubes are seen to pass from a bronchial tube (a], and they terminate each in a group of air- sacs, h, terminal bronchial tube; ceo, air-sacs; d d, openings leading to air sacs beneath those exposed. This dingram was taken from the lung of an infant under one year of a^e