The hydroconion and its success in the treatment of diseases of the respiratory organs, catarrh, inflammations and ulcerations of the throat, loss of the voice, hoarseness, hooping cough, croup, diphtheria, asthma, bronchitis, hemorrage from the lungs, and consumption / by John Hart, M.D. ; read before the Suffolk District Medical Society, Sept. 30th 1865.

  • Hart, John, M. D.
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1865
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Credit: The hydroconion and its success in the treatment of diseases of the respiratory organs, catarrh, inflammations and ulcerations of the throat, loss of the voice, hoarseness, hooping cough, croup, diphtheria, asthma, bronchitis, hemorrage from the lungs, and consumption / by John Hart, M.D. ; read before the Suffolk District Medical Society, Sept. 30th 1865. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ing the day and night and lasted from five to ten minutes. In reporting these cases, he makes the following remark: Bar- thex relates, that the. pseudo-membranes roll up at the borders, and gradually ])cel off under the influence of tannic acid. This I never observed, but the membranes seemed to dissolve in a certain measure under the influence of the acid. A small loss of substance gradually appeared in the false membrane, and tne mucous membrane became partly visible. The spots where the false membrane disappeared, increased and came in con- tact with adjacent ones, so that finally the entire mucous mem- brane appeared again. The disappearance of the false mem- brane was very gradual, and but seldom small pieces of it, could be detected in the expectoration. Dr. Schnitzler treated inflammation of the pharyrix and lar- ynx, chronic inflammation of the larynx, consumption accom panied by bloody streaked sputa and inflammation of the lar- ynx, bronchitis, loss of voice, syphilitic ulcerations of the phar- ynx and larynx, and also croup. In most of the cases, a per- fect cure was established, and the others were relieved. He did not meet with a case, which was not benefited by the in- halations. Dr. Waldenburg treated 131 cases. They consisted of nasal catarrh, catarrhal, granular and syphilitic inflammations of the pharynx and larynx, laryngial and bronchial catarrh, asthma, haemoptysis and consumption. The treatment was very suc- cessful; even the cases of cons'imption either improved or the distressing symptoms were relieved. Dr. Leiblinger reports fifteen cases. He calls particular at- tention to the fact, that most of the patients had previously been treated unsuccessfully by other physicians or by himself with various other remedies. He was particularly successful in the treatment of emphysema. Three cases improved decided- ly after twenty inhalations; the difficulty of breathing disap- peared, the secretion of the bronchi diminished and the cough became shorter and less frequent. The urine had the odor of the aetherial oil, which had been inhaled, which was a proof of its absorption and elimination. He also treated various cases of diseases of the eye by the pulverisateur with good success. Dr. Wedeman treated twenty two cases, consisting of affec- tions of the larynx, consumption, enlargement of the bronchi, emphysema, bronchitis and hooping cough. Most of the cases improved or were entirely relieved, among which were also several cases of consumption. His treatment differed somewhat from that of other German observers, particularly in the choice and strength of remedies.