On injection of the bronchial tubes, and tubercular cavities of the lungs / by Horace Green.

  • Green, Horace, 1802-1866.
Date:
1855
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Credit: On injection of the bronchial tubes, and tubercular cavities of the lungs / by Horace Green. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    unfavorable symptoms might follow the sudden suppression of such long continued and habitual drains. But in neither of these cases, nor in any one of those similarly affected and treat¬ ed, have I observed any dyspnoea or oppression of the chest whatever, to follow the diminished expectoration. Inasmuch, therefore, as the effect of the treatment in Miss V.’s case continued to be decidedly favorable, the operations Avere repeated every few days, throughout the month of No¬ vember. During this time, she had added about ten pounds to her weight; her cough was nearly gone, her voice restored to its normal condition ; and, as her whole appearance and symp¬ toms were indicative of returning health, she was, on the first day of December, dismissed from further topical treatment. In the treatment of the various chronic inflammations of the bronchi, I have been accustomed, for many years, to depend upon the topical application of a solution of nitrate of silver to the mucous membranes of these parts, and so uniformly has success followed its employment, that, as Erichsen has said of its effects on the pharyngo-laryngeal surface, I can affirm, that in my hands it has proved almost a specific in these diseases. Others who have given the remedy a fair trial, have borne the same testimony in its favor. Dr. Allison, of London, who has published an interesting brochure on the “ Medication of the Larynx and Trachea,” says: “ In chronic inflammation of the larynx and of the upper portion of the trachea, the solution of the nitrate of silver has, in my hands, as in others, been very useful in bringing the disorder to a conclusion, and where that has not been accomplished by reason of its dependence upon in¬ curable disease of the lungs, it has almost invariably afforded very considerable relief, by rendering the cough less frequent and violent, and removing much of the tickling and uneasy sen¬ sations at the upper portion of the larynx. In this form of « disease the treatment is particularly suitable, whether it be simple or of a specific character. * * * * * “ In some cases of disease of the larynx and trachea, in which the symptoms inclined to the suspicion that ulceration existed, the same local application of nitrate of silver has been very useful. Old bronchial affections have in a large majority of cases been similarly benefitted.”* * The Medication of the Larynx and Trachea. By Scott Allison, M. D. pp. 7-8. London, &c.