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 Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    [ 5° ] could we difcover any manifeft caufe to which the difeafe might be referred. The circumllances, which have induced fome authors to beheve the Croup to be a fpafmodic affedlion, are chiefly the follow- ing: Firft, It has been remarked to have evi- dent intermifTions*, during which the pa- tient breathes freely, and little pyrexia is prefent. Secondly, Becaufe the paroxyfms have been prevented, and the difeafe cured by ftimulants. Thirdly, Becaufe in fome children, who have been fuppofed to die of the Croup, the * This, however, is a very rare occurrence in the Croup, cfpecially in the more ftrongly marked cafes of that difeafe. Neither Dr. Home nor Dr. CuUen, in the courfe of their practice, ever noticed any thing like an intermiffion in the fymptoms..