Conversations on anatomy, physiology, and surgery (Volume 2).

  • Robertson, Archibald, 1789-1864.
Date:
1828
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    usual to find an inflammation of the mucous mem- brane lmmg the larynx, trachea or bronchi, and some- times even some ulcerations. PLRUROnrNIA. Q. What are its symptoms ? .,A- pfn in one side of the chest, with immo- bility of the ribs during respiration, which also be- comes more or less incomplete. The murmur of respiration is weak, or altogether inaudible in some parts of the thorax ; percussion gives a dull sound; inspiration and pressure on the muscles cause pain! There is no trace of any of the phenomena peculiar to other diseases of the chest.such as cegophony. pec- toriloquy, rale, &c. &.c. Q. What are its anatomical characters ? A. Its anatomical characters are unknown. It may be confounded with pleuritis. (EDEMA OF THE ZUNGS. Q. What are its symptoms ? A. This affection, which is seldom idiopathic, usually supervenes either with other diseases— at the close of fevers of Jong duration—or of organic diseases, particularly those of the heart. The respiration is laborious and difficult; the respi- ratory murmur is scarcely perceptible, though the thorax is largely expanded; there is a slight rale crepitant, particularly at the base and inferior part of the lungs. The sound on percussion is clear, and on both sides equally so; the cough is followed by an aqueous expectoration. In some cases the respi- ration becomes puerile, in a small part of the sum- mit of the lung. This affection is sometimes compli- cated with pneumonia, or with emphysema, in which case its diagnosis is very difficult. The nature of the rale, and the general symptoms, alone can distin- guish it from catarrh. Q. What are the diseases with which it may be con founded ? C