The significance of dropsy : as a symptom in renal, cardiac, and pulmonary diseases / by W.R. Basham.

  • Basham, W. R. (William Richard), 1804-1877.
Date:
1864
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    cal iu theii- cellular origin with what is developed by other mucous membrane;—Catarrh of renal tubes analogous to catarrh in other mucous tissues ;—Fibrinous casts, their analogue in the sputa of acute and capillary bronchitis;—Fibrinous blood-casts, their analogue in the sputa of pneumonia;—Oily fatty casts, their analogue in the sputa of phthisis;—Hyaline casts analogous to catarrhal mucus;—Albu- minous urine, theories of its production;—Reasons for supposing it derived from abortive cells;—Considered in the light of a secretion by imperfect cells;—Affinities observed in cells in certain morbid states J—For the chloride of sodium in pneumonia;—For uric acid by cartilage and other cells in gout;—For fibrine by cells of serous structures:—For bile-pigment by the cutaneous cells and renal gland- ceU;—The pus-cell yields albumen;—Albumen converted into urea by oxidation;—Denied by Dr. Beale;—May albumen in the urine be considered a pathological substitute for urea ?—General principles of treatment in renal dropsy;—Advantages of wine, nitrogenous food, and iron ............ LECTURE III. Dropsy from disease of the heart and lungs;—Cardiac dropsy, typical cases of;—From disease of the left heart;—From disease of the lungs and right heart;—Valvular disorganization, nature of;— Ulterior changes and modifications of the deposit;—Process of cretification;—Stellate arrangement of earthy matter;—Apoplexy and cerebral hasmorrliage due to earthy change in small arteries of the brain;—Fatty degeneration of cardiac structures;—Cardiac dropsy not produced solely by mechanical obstructions;—General degeneration of tissue, as in renal dropsies;—Emphysema and chronic bronchitis in relation to cardiac disorders;—Emphysema a fatty degeneration of pulmonary tissue;—Dilatation of right cavities, how caused;—General fatty condition of cardiac structures;—Cholesterino and fat-granules frequent in opaque patches on endocardium and aorta;—Cardiac dropsy not a local but a genei-al decay;—General characters of the treatment of;—All these dropsies characterised by evidence of degraded cell development;—Hydro-carbon nuclei (fatty or amyloid) taking the place of concentrated nitrogenous nuclei ;— Conclusion