Practical observations on the treatment of consumptions ... / [Samuel Foart Simmons].

  • Samuel Foart Simmons
Date:
1780
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Credit: Practical observations on the treatment of consumptions ... / [Samuel Foart Simmons]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I t 28 3 the lungs of perfons who die confump- tive, we find fome tubercles that are fmall and jult formed, fome that are large and full of matter, and others that are in a ftate of ulceration. This eafily accounts for the occafional com- * bination of inflammatory fymptoms with thofe of the putrid hedtic. When the matter abforbed is a laud¬ able pus, as in the cafe of a pfoas abfcefs, we find the form of the hectic differing from either of thofe we have mentioned. Other varieties might be pointed out, but this would lead us into too long a digreffion, and be fo¬ reign to the purpofe of the prefen t work. In thefe different periods of the dif- eafe the curative indications are fuf- ficiently obvious. To prevent the formation of frefli tubercles j to obvi¬ ate
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