The treatment of bronchitis in children / by Joseph E. winters.

  • Winters, Joseph Edcil, 1848-1922.
Date:
[1905]
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Credit: The treatment of bronchitis in children / by Joseph E. winters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    10 c • I THE TREATMENT OF BRONCHITIS IN CHILDREN, By JOSEPH E. WINTERS, M.D., OF NEW YORK; PROFESSOR OP THE DISEASES OP CHILDREN, CORNELL UNI- VERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE (iN NEW YORK CITY). The treatment of bronchitis in children necessitates intimate acquaintance with the structure of the bron- chial wall, and with every alteration in this structure at each step and every hour of the morbid process. These walls unite unique anatomical constituents, each and every one of which influence the symptoms and the treatment of bronchial inflammation, and should, therefore, be present in the mind of every practical physician. From vMJiout inward, a bronchus is composed of an external fibrous coat of dense fibrilated con- nective tissue with embedded cartilages. The carti- lages are for keeping the tubes open under vary- ing conditions of respiratory pressure. Without this framework the tubes would collapse with inspiration. A middle coat of transverse muscular fibres, which at their ends are inserted, by a ligamentous attachment, into the inner surfaces of the cartilages, a short dis- Reprinted from the “Medical News” November 25th, 1905.