On the pathological anatomy of bronchitis, and the diseases of the lung connected with bronchial obstruction / by W.T. Gairdner, M.D.

  • Gairdner, W. T. (William Tennant), Sir, 1824-1907.
Date:
1850
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    PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY OF BRONCHITIS, <k Notwithstanding the great frequency of bronchitis in European latitudes, and the attention which has always been given to this disease by physicians, especially since stethoscopic examination came into use, it has appeared to me that the commonly received doctrines as to its ultimate effects upon the pulmonary texture are not expressive of the importance of the subject, and in many points not consistent with the truth of nature. Having become deeply impressed with the truth of the views to be advocated in the follow- ing papers, and having taken much pains to satisfy myself as to their correctness, I venture to lay them before the profession, in the hope that, if corroborated by the further researches of others, they may lead to improvements of some importance, both in patho- logy and practice. As to the sources from which my materials are drawn, it is only necessary to state here, that while I have relied chiefly on personal ob- servation, I have endeavoured to combine and harmonise the conclu- sions thus arrived at with those of prior observers, so far as known to me; nor have I willingly omitted any species of evidence which seemed to bear upon the subject. It would have been, indeed, an unsatisfactory task to have brought forward the results of per- sonal experience on this subject, had they not been found to agree in many, even in most points, with those of some former authors in respect to matters of detail. In placing these pages in the hands of the public, therefore, I profess myself anxious for judgment as to the truth, more than as to the absolute novelty, of their conclusions; and shall be satisfied if enough of originality be found in them as a whole, to rescue them from the charge of being a superfluous or burdensome addition to our literature.