Pathology of phthisis pulmonalis / by Heneage Gibbes.

  • Gibbes, Heneage, -1912.
Date:
1891
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Credit: Pathology of phthisis pulmonalis / by Heneage Gibbes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Usjt ' PATHOLOGY OF PHTHISIS PUL- \ . MONALIS. \ Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen :—I must first say that when I left home last evening I was not aware of what was before me ; I have not come prepared to make a set speech this evening, and if you find what I say rather disconnected, I hope you will excuse me. What I want to say in connection with this subject is on the part of the pathology and eti- ology of the disease, and how we have arrived at the place we now are, in which we consider we have done something towards curing the disease called consumption ; I use the word consumption in the generic sense as applied to those diseases that are found associated with consolidation and decay of the lungs, together with wasting and emaciation of the body. We know that in mak- ing a post-mortem examination of a case of dis- ease of the lungs we find a variety of changes there, appearances indicating in some cases that the disease has not progressed very far, while in others we find large consolidations, and in some parts large cavities caused by breaking down of this consolidation. So far we have only seen, with the naked eye, one appearance which is con- stant, and that is consolidation. Now if we stop m