Synopsis of the diseases of the larynx, lungs and heart : comprising Dr. Edwards' tables on the examination of the chest with alterations and additions / by F. De Havilland Hall.

Date:: 1878

Credit: Synopsis of the diseases of the larynx, lungs and heart : comprising Dr. Edwards' tables on the examination of the chest with alterations and additions / by F. De Havilland Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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$VIII.—MODIFICATION OF NORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUNDS* Sound. .Feeble Breathing to « CO O Q Chief causes. Air entering the air- cells in diminish- ed quantity and force. Condition of organs. Extinct Breathing Puerile Supplementary Breathing a EH (H •A at CO W \ a a Interrupted Jerking [Breathing Cogged-wheel J Prolonged Expiration H P SCI w o ^Exaggerated 7 r> Coarse j Breathing Blowing \ Tubular or / t, Bronchial f Bathing Cavernous J Amphoric Breathing . The presence of non - conducting medium between the lung and the chest - wall, or some impediment to the entrance of air into the bronchi. Air entering the air- Healthy, cells with in- creased rapidity and force. Lung partially solidi fled, either by in crease of solid or fluid within it, or bv pressure from with- out ; dilatation of the air-vesicles; in some cases lungs not affected. Lung solidified by pressure upon its surface; plug of mucus, fibrinous ex udation, or foreign body in the bronchi, or tumour compres Examples of disease. sing the bronchi. Respiratory move ments restrainec by pain, or menta emotion, or some temporary local obstruction of the air-tubes. Loss of elasticity in the lung tissue. Increased friction in the air-cells and smaller bronchial tubes. Friction of air in the bronchial tubes, or in cavi ties of the lung. Air passing into a large cavity with dense walls. Varies with the dis- ease causing it. Thinning of the walls of the air vesicles, with dilatation and destruction of the alveolar septa. fLung not solidified (soft sound). Lung solidified or bronchial tubes obstructed (liars 11 _ sound). Condensation of the lung between chest wall and the larger bronchi or cavities Incipient phthisis. Bronchitis. Pneumonia, 1st stage Tumours. Pleurisy. Emphysema. Pleurodynia. Pleuritic effusion. Pneumothorax. Plastic bronchitis. Tumours. Disease of opposite lung or of other parts of the same lung. Met with as a norma condition in child hood. Pleurodynia. Pleurisy. Debility, with palpi tation. Hysteria. Incipient phthisis. Spasmodic asthma. Emphysema. Cavities walls. with dense Generally consistent with health aud sup plementary. Heard in cases o uraemia and other blood poisoned dis eases, and in hysteria aud nervous diseases Incipient phthisis. Phthisis. Pneumonia. Tumours. Tubercular and other cavities. Pneumothorax. Dilated bronchi. Large cavities.$