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INFLAMMATIONS. 
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF SYMPTOMS. 
Acute Pleurisy. 
Acute Pneumonia. 
Acute Bronchitis, 
Early 
symp- 
toms. 
Stetho- 
scopic 
| sounds. 
Percus- 
sion. 
Termi- 
nation. 
| Treat- 
ment, 
Shivering, with 
slight spasms of the 
muscles of the chest ; 
inspiration short and 
unequal in its depth, 
expiration full, air 
expired not hotter 
than usual; cough 
slight and dry ; pulse 
quick, small, and 
wiry. 
No very readily dis- 
tinguishable sound. 
A practised ear dis- 
covers a __ friction 
sound or rubbing. 
Produces at first no 
result different from 
a state of health. 
After a time, when 
serum is thrown out, 
there is increased dul- 
ness. 
The symptoms either 
gradually disappear 
or lymph is thrown 
out, or there is an 
effusion of serum or 
matter, with a fre- 
quently fatal result. 
Bleeding in the early 
stage, in degree ac- 
cording to the seve- 
rity of the attack. 
Relieve the bowels 
by (12) or (13). No 
blistering, which is 
actually prejudicial 
Strong shivering, 
but no spasms; in- 
spiration _tolerably 
full, expiration short, 
air expired percep- 
tibly hotter than na- 
tural; nostrils red in- 
side; cough violent 
and sonorous, with ex- 
pectoration of rusty- 
colored mucus ; pulse 
quick, full, and soft. 
A crackling sound, 
audible in the early 
stage, followed by 
crepitating | wheez- 
ing. 
Dulness after the 
early stage is pro- 
duced by the thick- 
ening of the tissue, 
approaching to the 
substance of _ liver, 
hence called ‘hepa- 
tisation.” 
If the symptoms do 
not disappear there 
is a solidification of 
the lung, by which 
it is rendered imper- 
vious to air, and in 
bad cases suffocation 
takes place, or mat- 
ter is formed, pro- 
ducing abscess. 
Bleeding in the early 
stage, in amount ac- 
cording to the seve- 
xity of the attack. 
Give an aperient 
(12) or (13). Blisters 
to the chest of ser- 
vice, or the mustard 
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 ; cough soon 
becomes moist, the 
mucus expectorated 
being frothy, scanty 
at first, but after- 
wards profuse ; pulse 
full and hard. 
The sound in thi 
form variesfrom that 
of soap-bubble: 
a hissing or wheez- 
ing sound. 
No change. 
The inflammation 
eae | subsides 
y a discharge of 
mucus, which re- 
lieves the inflamma- 
tion ; or it may go 
on to the extent of 
causing suffocation, 
by the swelling of 
the lining membrane 
filling 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- 
vient, (II) or (15). 
Apply the embro- 
cation (42) to the 
