Observations on the curability of consumption : by a new, safe and painless mode of treatment; illustrated in selections from three hundred and ten late cases.

  • Hall, W. W. (William Whitty), 1810-1876.
Date:
1847
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Credit: Observations on the curability of consumption : by a new, safe and painless mode of treatment; illustrated in selections from three hundred and ten late cases. 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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    oppression, cough very troublesome on lying down or getting up, often exciting vomiting, expectorates several spoonfuls of a yellow, dark greenish, thick, heavy stuff every day, fre- quent spitting of blood, night sweats all the time, frequent palpitations. Case 4. Burning feeling within the breast, great chilliness, variable appetite, irregular bowels, sleep is restless, considera- ble nervousness, troublesome cough, has had spitting of blood several times ; great debility about the breast. Case 5. Law student, aged 26 ; pains in the back, head and between the shoulders, feeling of a weight pressing on the breast, on lying down at night, pain in the side, coughs, if lays on that side, pain in drawing a long breath, pains through the breast, chilliness, burning in the palms on going to bed, cough is very troublesome on lying down and getting up, wakes up in the night to cough, spits up several tablespoons of yellow matter in twenty-four hours, palpitation for several years, was taken with influenza, sore throat at first, then cough, then spitting of blood and great weakness in the chest, brought on by sitting in a cold, damp room all day. Case 6. Married gentleman, aged 28, an exchange broker, quick pulse, an indescribable taste in the mouth of a morning, weakness in the back, pain in hinder part of the head, some- times a sharp, shooting pain between the shoulders, feeling of tightness, binding, heaviness, along the fore part of the breast, pain in the side and through the breast frequently, a settled pain at the lower part of the breast bone, accompanied with a feeling of heaviness, chilliness, heat in palms and soles, appe- tite variable, irregular bowels, sleep always restless, exceed- ingly nervous, restless, fidgetty, cough, great tickling at the bottom of the throat. Case 7. Rapid pulse, dry, white tongue, very frequent pain between the shoulders, in the side, and along the breast bone,