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INFLAMMATIONS. 



Percus- 

 sion. 



Termi- 

 nation. 



Treat- 

 ment. 



Acute Pleurisy. 



Produces at first no 

 result different from 

 a state of health. 

 After a time, when 

 serum is thrown out, 

 there is 

 dulness. 



Acute Pnuemonia. 



Acute Bronchitis. 



Dulness after the 

 early stage is pro- 

 duced by the thick- 

 ening of the tissue, 

 approaching to the 

 increased | substance of liver, 

 hence called " hepa- 

 tisation." 



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. 

 Try the fever pow- 

 der (49) or (50), and 

 if not active enough 

 give calomel and 

 opium, of each 1 

 grain, in a pill, 3 

 times a day. Low 

 diet of slops only. 



No change. 



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- 

 rity of the attack. 

 Give an aperient, 

 (12) or (13). Blisters 

 to the eh est of ser- 

 vice, or the mustard 

 embrocation (42). 



Give the cough bolus 

 (46) or the draught 

 (47). If the inflam- 

 mation is very high, 

 give calomel and 

 opium, of each 1 

 grain, digitalis J 

 grain, tartar emetic | 

 grain, in a pill, 3 

 times daily. Low diet 

 of slops. 



The inflammation 

 generally subsides 

 by 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 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). 

 Apply the embro- 

 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. 



