The climatic treatment of consumption and chronic lung diseases / by John C. Thorowgood.
- Thorowgood, John C. (John Charles), 1833-1913.
- Date:
- 1868
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The climatic treatment of consumption and chronic lung diseases / by John C. Thorowgood. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.
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![other chest affections as the most common cause of death among them. In illustration of the tenden- cy of a close and confined atmosphere to produce pulmonary consumption the following table compiled by Dr. Guy, will be of interest. The table is based upon measurements of the offices of letterpress prin- ters, and the number of compositors working in them, together with the answers of certain simple questions addressed to the men themselves. 104 men having less than 500 j cubic feet of air to breathe. DO | '} Number per cent Subject to Spitting blood. Catarrh. 12-50. 12-50. 4-35. 3-48. 115 men having from 500 to] 600 cubic feet of air. 101 men having1 more than) . _ „„„ ,. „ .% . \ 3-96. 1-98. 600 cubic feet of air. ) Of 652 cases of undoubted phthisis observed by Dr. Pollock, 393, more than half, were individuals follow- ing sedentary in-door employments, conditions which, as Dr. Pollock observes, imply two things which are preeminently conducive to phthisis—want of fresh air, and a minimum of muscular waste and renewal. In those of the consumptive poor who, whether from choice or by necessity, confine themselves entirely to one small close room, the progress of their disease is truly fearful to witness, and our most approved reme- dies absolutely worthless. With respect to the influence of the air of crowded cities, I have noticed very often during eight years in hospital and dispensary practice how, among the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21001212_0034.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
