A treatise on the nature and cure of the cynanche trachealis, commonly called the croup / by Disney Alexander.

  • Alexander, Disney, 1769-1844
Date:
[1794]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the nature and cure of the cynanche trachealis, commonly called the croup / by Disney Alexander. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    [ '5 ] the febrile diathehs. At other times, a dry fliort cough has appeared for feveral days previous to the commencement of the dif- eafe, and has continued to add much to the diifrefs of the patient during its progrefs. It has been remarked, that the fymptoms now and then intermit*, and that, in the interval of the paroxyfm, the breathing is free and undiffurbed : But in all the ftrongly marked cafes of Croup, which I have ob- ferved, there appeared little variation in this refpedt. The difeafe is known by a difficulty of breathing, attended with a wheezing found-f, in infpiration, which, in the com- mencement, * Febris quoque oritur quae quanquam rcmifTionum tempora fads libera habcat, tamen fingulis acccflionibus refpiratio crebra difficilifq. urget, ita ut infans, non nifi re61a ccrvicc fpiritum ducere ct vix ledfo fe continerc poffit, nonnunquam etiam furgere coadlus fit. I Russel. t Sonum inter, vagitus raucum edit, et ftridulum quo- que clangofumq. aliquando fpiritum intus ducit. Russej