INFLAMMATION" OF THE LUNGS. 



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COMPARATIVE TABLE OF SYMPTOMS. 



Early 

 symp- 

 toms. 



Stetho- 



scopic 



sounds. 



Percus- 

 sion. 



Termina- 

 tion. 



Treat- 

 ment. 



Acute Pleurisy. 



Shivering, with 

 slight spasms of the 

 muscles of the chest; 

 inspiratiou short and 

 unequal in Its depth, 

 expiration full, air 

 expired not hotter 

 than usual; cou.;h 

 slight and dry ; pulse 

 quick, small, and 

 wiry. 



Acute Pneumonia. 



Strong shivering, 

 but no spasms; in- 

 spiration to.erably 

 full, expiration 

 short, air expired 

 perceptibly hotter 

 than natural; nos- 

 trils red inside; 

 cough violent and 

 sonorous, with ex- 

 ; pectoration of rusty 

 colored mucus; 

 pulse quick, full, 

 and soft. 



Acute Bronchitis. 



No very readily A crackling sound, 

 distinguishable audible in the early 

 sound. A practised | stage, followed by 

 ear discovers a fric- j crepitating wheez- 

 tion sound or rub- ing. 

 bing. 



Produces at first no 

 result difi"erent! from 

 a slate of health. 

 After a time, when 

 serum is thrown out, 

 there is increased 

 dullness. 



The symptoms 

 either gradually dis- 

 appear, or lymph is 

 thrown out, or there 

 is an effusion of se- 

 rum or matter, with 

 a frequently fatal re- 

 sult. 



Bleeding in the 

 early stages, in de- 

 gree according to the 

 severity of the at- 

 tack. Relieve the 

 bowel8by(l2)or(13). 

 No blistering, which 

 is actually prejudi- 

 cial. Try the fever 

 powder (49) or (50). 

 and if not active 

 enough, give calomel 

 and opium, of each 1 

 ^ain, in a pill, 3 

 times a day. Low 

 diet of slops only. 



Dullness after the 

 early stage is pro- 

 duced by the thick- 

 ening of the tissue, 

 approaching to the 

 substance of liver, 

 hence called "• hepa- 

 tization." 



If the symptoms 

 do not disappear, 

 there is a solidifica- 

 tion of the lung, by 

 which it is rendered 

 impervious to air, 

 and in bad cases suf- 

 focation takes place, 

 or matter is formed, 

 producing abscess. 



Bleeding in the 

 early stages, in 

 amount according to 

 the severity of the 

 attack. Give an ai>e- 

 rient, (12) or (13>. 

 Blisters to the chest 

 of service, or the 

 mustard embroca- 

 I tion i42). Give the 

 cough bolus '4t)) or 

 the draught (47-. If 

 the inflammation is 

 very high, give calo- 

 mel and opium, of 

 eacli 1 grain, digita- 

 lis, \ gniin, tartar 

 emetic, \ grain, in a 

 pill, 3 times daily. 

 Low diet of slops. 



Shivering, soon fol- 

 lowed by continual 

 hard cough ; inspira- 

 tion and expiration 

 equally full ; air ex- 

 pired warm, but not 

 so hot as in pneu- 

 monia ; cou^h soon 

 becomes moist, the 

 mucus expectorated 

 being frothy, scanty 

 at firs*:, but after- 

 wards profuse; pulse 

 full and hard. 



The sound in this 

 form varies from 

 that of soap bubbles 

 to a hissing or 

 wheezing sound. 



No change. 



The inflammation 



fenerally subsides 

 y a discharge of 

 mucus, which re- 

 lieves the inflamma- 

 tion; or it may go on 

 to the extent of caus- 

 ing suffocation by 

 the swelling of the 

 liningmembrane fill- 

 ing up the area of 

 the tubes. 



No bleeding is re- 

 quired. In the early 

 stage give an emetic 

 (44). Follow this 

 up with a mild ape- 

 rient, (11) or (15). 

 Apidy the emTaro- 

 cation (42> to the 

 chest, and give the 

 cough bolus (46) or 

 the draught (47). 

 Low diet in the early 

 stages ; afterwards, a 

 little solid food, not 

 meat, may be given. 



