A concise and practical treatise on the principal diseases of the air-passages, lungs, and pleura / by Alfred Catherwood.

  • Catherwood Alfred.
Date:
1841
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    granulations of Bayle, the question cannot be re- plied to, in the present state of our knowledge, in a perfectly satisfactory manner. When a lung is attacked with common tu- bercle, the upper surface of the superior lobe is the part most commonly affected, and this is the place where tubercular excavations of the largest dimensions are most usually met with. Occa- sionally, however, the other lobes are primarily involved; but cases of this description are un- doubtedly exceedingly rare. Excavations, whether existing in the upper or lower lobes of the lungs, are generally situated nearer the posterior than anterior part of these organs. The granulations of Bayle, according to Andral, Se developpent tres-frequemment dans les lobes inferieurs du poumon and this is one of his reasons for supposing that they are not of a tubercular character, but consist, essentially, of a number of partial inflammations; for, continues he, si elles (referring to the granulations) *' ^taient destinees a devenir des tubercules, on ne voit pas pourquoi des cavernes n'existeraient pas aussi souvent vers la base du poumon qu'a son sommet.f General, Functional, and Local Signs. — There are no signs, whether general, functional, or local, * Clinique Medicale. Par G. Andral. Tome ii. 5. t Ibid. 5.