Observations on the inflammatory affections of the mucous membrane of the bronchiae / By Charles Badham.

  • Badham, Charles, 1780-1845.
Date:
1808
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Credit: Observations on the inflammatory affections of the mucous membrane of the bronchiae / By Charles Badham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and therefore cannot. be supposed to refer toany of the more familiar pulmonary diseases; and _ besides, these had been previously discussed. The symptoms appear to indicate a bronchial inflammation, but under what precise modification, cannot be readily determined: no parti- cular. seat of the disease is here pointed out, though the parts affected by pleurisy and peripneu- mony are confidently and accu- rately assigned. . Aitivs.—There is an express section in the writings of Aitius, bearing for its title, ‘* Concerning that Affection which is thought to be Pleuritic, but is not.” He speaks of certain viscid and tena- cious humours generated in the