A Popular Treatise on the Causes and Prevention of Diseases; V. 1 Diseases of the Throat and Lungs (Paperback)


Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: P A E T VI. RRONCHITIS. CHAPTER I. NATURE AND CONSEQUENCES OP RRONCHITIS. PAGES Frequency of the disease. Structure of the bronchial tubes. Nature and symptoms. Effects of bronchitis in childhood and adult age. Shrinking and dilatation of the air-cells. . 181-188 CHAPTER II. CAUSES AND PREVENTION OP RRONCHITIS. The effects of damp upon the skin. Effects of damp or cold air on the bronchial tubes. Use of respirators. Bronchitis in children. Clothing. Diet. Change of air. Caution against the injudicious employment of leeches. Bronchitis in old age ... . . . 189-194 CHAPTER m. BRONCHITIS PRODUCED BY TRADES. This disease very general in some trades. Appearance of the bronchial tubes in those who die of this form of bronchitis. Mortality amongstPAGES scissor-grinders, fork-grinders, razor-grinders, penknife-grinders, table-knife-grinders, saw- grinders, scythe-grinders, file-grinders, draw- filing cast-iron workers, workers in stone, potters, workers in flax, yellow-leather-dres- sers, corn-millers, maltsters, rag-sorters, paper- makers, flock-dressers, feather-dressers, shoddy- grinders, weavers of coverlets, preparers of hair, dressers of hemp, and trades of a similar nature. Manufactories ought to be situated in the country. Use of magnetic respirators. Contrivances for carrying off the dust of grinding, and machine for flax-dressers. . 195-212 PAET VII. ASTHMA. CHAPTER I. NATURE, CAUSES, AND PREVENTION OP ASTHMA. Nature and symptoms. Causes. Hereditary predisposition. Eruptive fevers. Gout. Skin complaints. Exciting cause almost always catarrh or bronchitis. Premonitory symptoms and their treatment . . . . 2l5.o CONSUMPTION AND SCBOFULA. CHAPTER I. These is no disease that has attracted so much attention as consumption. F...

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: P A E T VI. RRONCHITIS. CHAPTER I. NATURE AND CONSEQUENCES OP RRONCHITIS. PAGES Frequency of the disease. Structure of the bronchial tubes. Nature and symptoms. Effects of bronchitis in childhood and adult age. Shrinking and dilatation of the air-cells. . 181-188 CHAPTER II. CAUSES AND PREVENTION OP RRONCHITIS. The effects of damp upon the skin. Effects of damp or cold air on the bronchial tubes. Use of respirators. Bronchitis in children. Clothing. Diet. Change of air. Caution against the injudicious employment of leeches. Bronchitis in old age ... . . . 189-194 CHAPTER m. BRONCHITIS PRODUCED BY TRADES. This disease very general in some trades. Appearance of the bronchial tubes in those who die of this form of bronchitis. Mortality amongstPAGES scissor-grinders, fork-grinders, razor-grinders, penknife-grinders, table-knife-grinders, saw- grinders, scythe-grinders, file-grinders, draw- filing cast-iron workers, workers in stone, potters, workers in flax, yellow-leather-dres- sers, corn-millers, maltsters, rag-sorters, paper- makers, flock-dressers, feather-dressers, shoddy- grinders, weavers of coverlets, preparers of hair, dressers of hemp, and trades of a similar nature. Manufactories ought to be situated in the country. Use of magnetic respirators. Contrivances for carrying off the dust of grinding, and machine for flax-dressers. . 195-212 PAET VII. ASTHMA. CHAPTER I. NATURE, CAUSES, AND PREVENTION OP ASTHMA. Nature and symptoms. Causes. Hereditary predisposition. Eruptive fevers. Gout. Skin complaints. Exciting cause almost always catarrh or bronchitis. Premonitory symptoms and their treatment . . . . 2l5.o CONSUMPTION AND SCBOFULA. CHAPTER I. These is no disease that has attracted so much attention as consumption. F...

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2012

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2012

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246 x 189 x 2mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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82

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978-0-217-16211-1

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9780217162111

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0-217-16211-8



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