The pathology of the membrane of the larynx and bronchia.

  • Cheyne, John, 1777-1836.
Date:
1809
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Credit: The pathology of the membrane of the larynx and bronchia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    do not find necessary : but I have scarcely seen the application of one, two, or four leeches fail, in the first days of this com- plaint, to relieve a child of six months, eighteen months, or three or four years. The relief is often observed immediately, or soon after the leeches have dropt off, and the febrile symp- toms have not returned with any violence. Bleeding is not contra-indicated by paleness of the complexion while there is not great livor. The irritation of the bowels also is generally removed by the bleeding. The leeches, however, are often required several times. I was once obliged to order a second leech to a child seventeen days old, but I did not allow the subsequent bleeding to continue more than a quarter of an hour after either of the leeches; the child recovered. Blisters, applied after the leeches, have been thought serviceable. With respect to regimen, I have little to offer to those who understand the treatment of pneumonic inflammations. Children at the breast, perhaps from the heat of the mouth, are inclined to suck more while labouring under this disease, than when in health ; but I generally order the nurse to withhold the breast, and give instead, water or thin gruel sweetened or mixed with a small quantity of the breast-milk; and I direct the nurse to no