A treatise on indigestion and its consequences, called nervous and bilious complaints; with observations on the organic diseases, in which they sometimes terminate . / by A.P.W. Philip.

  • Philip, Alexander Philip Wilson, 1770-1847.
Date:
1822
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Credit: A treatise on indigestion and its consequences, called nervous and bilious complaints; with observations on the organic diseases, in which they sometimes terminate . / by A.P.W. Philip. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the lungs. It frequently, however, disap- pears without being coughed up. In some cases the cough continued trou- blesome after the dyspnoea had disappeared. Galvanism never appeared to increase it, ex- cept when the inflammatory diathesis was considerable. In the most chronic forms of phthisis, where the symptoms had lasted for several years and habitual asthma had super- vened, I have seen the. relief obtained from™ galvanism very great, notwithstanding some admixture of a pus-like substance in what was expectorated. In these cases it relieves the breathing, leaving the other symptoms little changed. I need hardly add, after what has been said, that in ordinary cases of phthisis nothing could be more improper than the use of galvanism. The dyspnea arising from phthisis and that from habitual asthma are easily distin- guished. The former is less variable. It is generally increased by the exacerbations of the fever, and always by exercise. When the patient is still and cool, except in the