A medical handbook : for the use of practitioners and students / by R.S. Aitchison.

  • Aitchison, R. S. (Robert Swan)
Date:
1893
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Credit: A medical handbook : for the use of practitioners and students / by R.S. Aitchison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vlll PAG H growths within the larynx—Laryngeal paralysis—Laryngismus stridulus — Croup — Spurious croup — Percussion — Medical anatomy of the lungs, liver, and spleen—Auscultation, . . 51 CHAPTER IV. DISEASES OP THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. Section II. Pertussis — Asthma — Hay asthma—Acute bronchitis — Fibrinous bronchitis — Pulmonary collapse (Atelectasis) — Catarrhal pneumonia—Congestion and oedema of the lungs—Croupous pneumonia—Haemorrhagic infarction—Chronic bronchitis— Cirrhosis of the lungs — Emphysema — Foetid bronchitis— Bronchiectasis—Gangrene of the lung—Phthisis, and miliary- tuberculosis — Cancer of the lung — Hydatids — Pleurisy — Hydrothorax — Pneumothorax, hydro-pneumothorax, and pyo-pneumothorax — Pleurodynia — The classification and diagnosis of the diseases of the pulmonary organs— Causes of haemoptysis,.79 CHAPTER V. THE URINE. General remarks—Quantity, specific gravity, colour and trans¬ parency, odour and re-action—Albuminuria—Peptonuria— Urea, and its estimation—Sugar, and its estimation—Tests for bile, blood, pus, urobilan, indican, and acetcne—Tests for chlorides, phosphates, and uric acid — Examination of deposits — Naked-eye appearances: mucus, pus, uric and oxalic acids, urates, oxalate of lime, triple phosphates, amor¬ phous phosphates—Urinary concretions—Microscopic examin¬ ation of deposits—Inorganic deposits: uric acid crystals, urates, oxalate of lime, triple phosphates, neutral phosphates of lime, cystin, leucin, and tyrosin —Organic deposits: tube casts, blood corpuscles, pus, epithelium, spermatozoa—Micro-organisms, and parasites,.119