Clinical lectures on pulmonary tuberculosis.

  • Thompson, Theophilus, 1807-1860.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Clinical lectures on pulmonary tuberculosis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LECTURE V. Cod-liver oil—Superiority to any other single remedy in phthisis; Illus- trative instances of its value—Different kinds compared—Collateral remedies sometimes useful, often unnecessary—Effect of its introduc- tion into the system by friction—Mode of action—Important practical generalizations derivable from a knowledge of its mode of action—The appreciation and use of facts, ----- 93 LECTURE VI. Substitutes for cod-liver oil—Inquiry regarding the relative value of dif- ferent elements of the oil; carbon, bile, olein—Vegetable oils—Medi- cal use of cold-blooded animals; turtle, viper—Animal oils—Instances of good effects from neat's foot oil; sperm oil; lard oil—Advantage of adding phosphorus to vegetable oil—The long-continued use of oil often necessary to successful treatment—The properties of cocoa-nut oil, ........ 116 LECTURE VII. Urine—Importance of the office of the kidneys—(Edema of lungs from albuminuria—Renal disease rare in consumptive patients—Altered proportions of uric acid to urea in phthisis—Probable cause and reme- dy—Proportion of solid contents as influenced by the disease and the treatment—Conditions of the urine as an aid to diagnosis, - 129 LECTURE VIII. Early signs of consumption—Prolonged expiratory murmur—Mode of determining its degree—Causes—Relation to phthisis—Illustrative cases—Irritability of muscle—Cough—Fistula in ano as affecting the course of consumption—Diarrhoea—Causes and treatment—Char- coal—Sulphate of copper—Acetate of lead—Nitrate of silver—Bis- muth, &c, ---_--- i4i LECTURE IX. Interrupted, jerking, or wavy inspiration—Varieties, and their causes— Examples—Probable relation of the sign to a deposit in the lungs, not necessarily tubercular—Microscopical appearances of the blood—In- dications afforded by the spirometer—Variations of weight in reference to the progress of consumption, .... 155