A Treatise on Pulmonary Consumption; Comprehending an Inquiry Into the Causes, Nature, Prevention, and Treatment of Tuberculosis and Scrofulous Dise (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 Excerpt: ...In these cases, the heart was enlarged. In the third case, the bronchial membrane was thickened and ulcerated; there were many tubercles in both lungs, some of them in a state of suppuration. Dr. Knight has recently favoured me with an account of two cases which have occurred to him since the publication of his valuable paper in the North of England Medical Journal. Dr. Knight's first case was that of a fork-grinder, who died July 31st, 1831, at the age of thirty-eight, and had lost two brothers, also grinders, at the respective ages of twenty-four, and twenty-eight years. The examination disclosed the following appearances: extensive adhesion of the pleurae, especially on the right side; tubercles mostly in a crude state in both lungs; in the superior posterior part of the left lung was a mass of the appearance and consistence of cartilage, and of the size of a pigeon's egg; upper part of the right lung indurated; numerous ulcers in the It is gratifying to learn that the objections to post-mortem examinations, which have hitherto been almost insurmountable, are beginning to abate; and no doubt the subject will now be fully investigated. IN GRINDERS, MASONS, ETC. 151 bronchial membrane, particularly of this lung, over which the adhesion of the pleura was most extensive and firm. Several bronchial glands were enlarged and indurated; the larynx and trachea were free from disease; heart of natural size. The immediate cause of this man's death was acute inflammation of the peritoneum and pericardium, presenting the usual appearances. The second case was a scissor-grinder, aged forty-seven, of a scrofulous habit, very temperate and industrious. He had for many years laboured under cough, at times dry, and at others accompanied with copious mucopurulent expectora...