Continued observations on haemoptysis / by Vald. Rasmussen ; translated from the Hospitals-Tidende by William Daniel Moore.

  • Rasmussen, Valdemar
Date:
1869
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Credit: Continued observations on haemoptysis / by Vald. Rasmussen ; translated from the Hospitals-Tidende by William Daniel Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    pleura, nor any infiltration of the lung ; respiration was everywliere natural, only in the vicinity of the wound was it rather feeble. During his further stay in the hospital the pains gradually diminished, the respiration became freer; splinters of bone of various sizes were repeatedly separated. On the 30th of April he was able to begin to get up. On the 1st of September the wound was healed, with the exception of a short fistulous passage, so that he was able to leave the hospital; the wound was not, however, perfectly healed until towards the close of the year. On the 28th of November 1866, when feeling perfectly well, and without any cause, he suddenly got a very violent attack of hemop- tysis. From this time he continued to bring up clear blood, though in much smaller quantity, or a bloody gruel-like fluid with slight cough, generally after pricking pains, and a feeling of oppression in the region of the w^ound. He kept his bed for four weeks, after which time the hgemoptysis became less frequent, but it took place every time he either stooped down much or lay on the left side. The stethoscope revealed only slight feebleness of respiration in the neighbourhood of the wound. In July 1867 he went by easy stages to Eaux-bonnes, in the Pyrenees, where he remained for five weeks. The hgemoptysis, which had continued the whole time, and had, particularly on the journey, been considerable, almost wholly ceased towards the end of his stay at Eaux-bonnes, and he was so well that he was able to remain for a fortnight at the camp at Chalons, being during that time daily, and sometimes even all day, on horseback; so soon, however, as he recommenced railway travelling, the shaking lateral motion again brought on slight haemoptysis. After a course of the whey-cure in Interlaken he returned home, and was now particularly well; he had only a few slight attacks of hgemoptysis when he stooped much, until the 14th of March 1868, when, after having been long occupied in laborious writing, violent hgemoptysis once more came on, though less copiously than on the first occasion. In July he went once more to Eaux-bonnes; the hgemoptysis continued, being more severe while he was on the journey, but it again nearly disappeared towards the end of a three weeks' course of treatment. He then made another trial of the whey-cure at Interlaken, whence he returned home. An ulcer produced by moxa, which had been kept in a state of copious sup- puration, was not closed until November. From that time he has been well, easily bears long marches, and takes part without incon- venience in field exercises ; he is in good condition, his general health is quite satisfactory ; only once did the hgemoptysis recur, namely, on the 16th of January 1869, when, on turning in bed, he suddenly brought up about three tablespoonfuls of clear blood. _ He lias occasionally the usual cough, with which he brings up a single greenish yellow sputum; he states that he has a peculiar feeling of oppression in the region of the wound, which, as it were, compels
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