An account of a case in which a foreign body was lodged in the right bronchus / by Sir Benjamin C. Brodie.

  • Brodie, Benjamin, Sir, 1783-1862.
Date:
1843
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Credit: An account of a case in which a foreign body was lodged in the right bronchus / by Sir Benjamin C. Brodie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with the stethoscope hy Dr. Seth Thompson, but no unusual sounds were detected in any part of it. On Monday the 17th of April, Mr. B. again went into the country, exposed to a cold easterly wind. On his return to London, the cough was again much aggravated. On the 18th of April, by the advice of Dr. Seth Thompson, he consulted Dr. Chambers, and after- wards mvself. From the detail ol the symptoms, we were all of us led to believe that the half-sove- reign had passed into the trachea, and that it re- mained lodged in the right bronchus. On the 19th, this opinion seemed to be confirmed by a very simple experiment, which Mr. B. had himself made in the interval. He had placed himself in the prone position, with his sternum resting on a chair, and his head and neck inclined downwards, and, having done so, he immediately had a distinct perception of a loose body slipping forward along the trachea. A violent convulsive cough ensued. On resuming the erect posture, he again had the sensation of a loose body moving in the trachea, but in the opposite direction, that is, towards the chest. On the 20th, I saw the patient again, with Dr. Thompson. I now suggested that a further con- sultation should be held on the case; and, accord- ingly, on the following day there was a meeting of Dr. Chambers, Dr. Seth Thompson, Mr. Stanley, Mr. Aston Key, and myself. The chest was again carefully examined by means of the stethoscope,