Cases and observations illustrating inflammatory effusions into the substance of the lungs, particularly as modified by contagious fevers / by William Aitken, M.D.

  • Aitken, William, 1825-1892.
Date:
1848
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Credit: Cases and observations illustrating inflammatory effusions into the substance of the lungs, particularly as modified by contagious fevers / by William Aitken, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table I. Sex. Age. Day of Ty- phus. Day of Exu- dation. Character of Expec- toration. Character of Urine. Result and Remarks, Fem. 21 12 6 or 8 Viscid, purulent, bloody. Coagulable, not trans- parent. Acid, sp. gr. 1-028. 18 12or24 Not coagulable—dens. 1-026. As convalescence ad- vanced, amorphous urates and epithe- lium appeared. Cured. Fem. 18 17 6 or 8 purulent. Coagulable — amber colour—acid— pus in urine. Died. No disease of kidney—pus in ur- ine from the lungs by absorption. Fem. 19 20 28 32 ? Coagulable — yellow- ish-red—acid — sp. gr. 1-026. ^ Not coagulable. Not coagulable — sp. gr. 1-011. Erysipelas of scalp. Abundant crystalline deposit. Died. No dissection. Mai 21 22 26 33 10 14 21 Coagulable—blood — sp. gr. 1-019. Coagulable — density 1 •0-28 alkaline—uric acid crystals. Not coagulable. Abundant crystalline deposit. Died. No examination per- mitted. Fem. 27 12 24 6 or 8 I8or20 Scanty. Coagulable—not clcir —sp. gr. 1.020. Not coagulable. Amorphous urates. Cured. Fem. 21 15orl6 24 9orl0 18orl9 Muco- purulent. Coagulable—turbid— of a light gamboge- yellow—sp. gr. 1-015 neutral triple — phosphates. Not coagulable—acid _sp. gr. 1-019. Abundant crystalline deposit. Cured. the constitutional disease. Its deposition by exudation into the pulmonary substance, for example, constituting, according to its elementary forms of organization, those conditions Avhich in this paper I have attempted to describe ; its existence sometimes, along with an excessive elimination of urea in the urme during