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Lectures on the diseases of infancy and childhood / By Charles West.

  • West, Charles, 1816-1898.
Date:
1848
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Credit: Lectures on the diseases of infancy and childhood / By Charles West. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LECTURE XX. PAGE Croup continued . ; . ‘ . 230 Treatment of the more advanced ae of the hie ‘ ; . 230 tracheotomy 232 the difference faves the results btned by at in England and in France, and its probable cause . ; : . 232 Croup, with affection of the fauces, or diphtheritis : : . 284 less frequent and less marked in this conntry than in France . 234 its symptoms when it occurs alone. : - 200 oftener follows some other disease, especially tees : . 236 Symptoms . : d . . 236 Treatment of both fone : . 238 Croup, with predominance of spasmodic une or reaps ciasdaia . 240 not a distinct disease, but results from constitutional peculiarity . 240 Illustrative case . . 240 Tnstances of spasmodic cough and aifection of saad from irritation 3 in other organs. 24] © LECTURE XXII. SPASM OF THE GLOTTIS : : ‘ - ° . 243 Symptoms . : . 244 description of the ee precise that ae, ee ors . 245 impairment of general health . : : é . 246 ways in which it proves fatal . : ; : . 246 Mode of its production . 247 its various exciting causes, Pees al aueen local irritation fro enlarged glands : ~ 247 supposed to depend sometimes on enlar: erent of he thymus g ed . 248 Case in illustration : . : ; . 248 Treatment : : , . 250 rules for diet and for the Hechewizet of the jeer : : . 250 caution with respect to lancing the gums . ; ; . 251 occasional necessity for free depletion : ; ‘ . 252 case in illustration ‘ 252 Suggestions as to general management, rae the recianee of eeniane likely to produce an attack : ‘ : . 253 LECTURE XXII. Hoorine-CoucH . ° . : ; . 255 Course of the disease in its simplest forth . » 256 subject to great variations in its mode of onset and fee. of comity . 259 Signification of the hoop 3 ‘ é } . 260 Course of the disease when declining j ; ; . 261 Its danger depends on its complications : ‘ ; . 262 Complication with bronchitis i : ; . 262 at its outset, or when it has continued for 8 some time . - . 262 Complication with disorder of the nervous system 4 264 sometimes exists from the first, and causes death even before Eira chars of disease are fully developed, but may come on at any period . 264 various forms assumed by disorder of nervous system — , . 265