Consumption; its early and remediable stages.

  • Smith, Edward, 1818?-1874.
Date:
1862
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Credit: Consumption; its early and remediable stages. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MUSCULAR PAINS. Muscular iiains about the chest are very common. There is another local condition to which we must direct attention, which often precedes any evidence of the early stage of phthisis, and very frequently at- tends its course, viz., myalgia both in the front and back of the chest. The most frequent seats of this affection are the pectoral muscles and the muscles attached to the base and inferior angle of the scapula. The former are very variable in degree and seat, and seldom remain fixed in any place. They are commonly uninfluenced by exertion, but sometimes the movement of the arm causes pain. The latter are more com- monly found between the shoulders and at the inferior angle of the scapula than at any other part; and whilst the former are far more common in men, the latter are far more frequent in women. The nature of these pains has been more correctly understood of late years than formerly, and we owe it in no small degree to the vigorous mind and acute ob- servation of Dr. Inman, whose treatise upon this sub- ject is worthy of careful study. These are not attended by any febrile disturbance of the general system, and