The first medical report of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, presented to the Committee of Management, by the physicians of the institution.

  • Brompton Hospital
Date:
1849
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Credit: The first medical report of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, presented to the Committee of Management, by the physicians of the institution. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT. This first Report of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, is founded on the combined observations of the Physicians by whom it is presented, and is arranged under the following heads I.—The number of Patients treated, and the facts in their history which have reference to the origin and progress of Consumption. XI.—Some of the principal signs and symptoms of the disease. HI—The duration of the disease, and the results of treatment. Various other subjects are still under investigation: such as the influence of locality, of habits of life, or of previous disease in producing Consumption; the connexion between Scrofula and Consumption; the influence of the disease in suspending or altering various secretions and functions of the body; the characteristic signs of Phthisis in its earliest stage; the further effects of reputed remedies; &c. Observations upon these subjects will be made in future Reports. ls£.—Number of Patients. On referring to Table I., it will be seen that the entire number of cases received into the Hospital, from its commencement to 31st December, 1848, is 888 ; and of those treated as Out-Patients, 10,051. Table I. Total number of Cases treated in the Hospital from September, 1842, to 31st December, 1848 •• •• • • •• •* *’ Total number of cases treated as Out-Patients from September, 1842, 888 As this Report has reference only to cases of Phthisis, all other Diseases of the Chest are excluded from it; and consequently, as will be seen in Table II., the number of cases is reduced to 4,358—of whom 888 were In-Patients, and 3,470 Out-Patients.