The diseases of the chest : including the principal affections of the pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, and aorta / by Vincent D. Harris.

  • Harris, Vincent Dormer.
Date:
1888
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Credit: The diseases of the chest : including the principal affections of the pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, and aorta / by Vincent D. Harris. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ruptiou. Good diet, tonics, e. g. quinine or the mineral acids and cinchona should be exhibited, and in many cases cod-liver oil (5ij bis die) or iron is of distinct benefit. Convalescence should be followed, if possible, by change of air. B. Catarrbal Pneumonia (Broncho-pneumonia, lobular pneumonia) Causes.—This affection, which is very seldom anything but a ynbacute or chronic disease, is always associated with, or preceded by, catarrh of the bronchial mucous membrane. It results from catarrh of the bronchi, either directly by extension of the inflammation downwards, or by inhalation of the inflammatory bronchial secretion, which sets up inflammation in the vesicles ; or indirectly, by first of all producing collapse of a portion of the lung, which is followed by congestion and inflammation. Any cause, therefore, which gives rise to bronchitis, inclu- ding measles, whooping-cough, typhoid fever, and the like, may produce catarrhal pneumonia; and again, any cause which interferes with the natural depth of the inspiration may tend towards collapse or so towards catarrhal pneumonia. Xttorbid Anatomy and Pathologry.—The ap- pearances which the lung presents in catarrhal pneu- monia depend to some extent upon the circumstances which have produced it. a. When the inflammation has been secondaiy to collapse of the lung following upon bronchitis, the affected parts are to be found chiefly in the lower and posterior edges of the lung, although it is possible that entire lobes may be in the same condition. The col- lapse appears in the course of bronchitis, which is due to partial blocking of the bronchial tubes, and to the weakening of the inspiratory power. The collapsed parts are not of necessity confined to the posi- tions above indicated, but when small may be scat-