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

  • Robertson, Archibald, 1789-1864.
Date:
1828
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    ed by a serous fluid. If the gangrene be the result of an intense pleurisy, which is a very rare occur- rence, the false membranes partake of the same state as the pleura, become softened, broken down, lose all consistence, and give out the peculiar odour of gan- grene. If it be caused by the rupture of gangrenous abscess of the lung, which pours its contents into the pleura, pleurisy, with formation of false membranes, first takes place, and then the gangrene supervenes consecutively. The walls of the thorax may some- times be engaged in the disorganization, and an ab- scess, caused by the infiltration of the effused fluid, may burst externally. HYDRO-THORAX. Q. What are its svmptoms ? A. If the effusion be not very abundant, cegophony is perceived in the same places as in pleuritis, and presents the same modifications. The sound of the chest is dull on percussion, and the respiration inau- dible, except along the vertebral column. Q. With what diseases may it be confounded ? A. The only disease with which hydro-thorax can be confounded is chronic pleurisy ; hence the pre- vious history, together with the absence of the symp- toms of the latter, can only determine the diagnosis. Q What are its Anatomical Characters ? A. The cavity of the pleura contains an effusion, in most cases consisting of a citron coloured sero- sity, transparent and without any albuminous floc- culi. The lung void of air is compressed towards the mediastinum. But if instead of serosity, the pleu- ra exhales blood, then the membrane is studded with numerous small red points, and covered with blood in a semi-coagulated state. emphysema of Tils luncs. {Asthma.) Q.. What are its Symptoms ? A. This is one of the many diseases long con founded under the common name, Jlni/nna. It is cha