The Pathology and Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis; And on the Local Medication of Pharyngeal and Laryngeal Diseases Frequently Mistaken For, or as (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 edition. Excerpt: ...directed to ascertain the nature of his diet during the winter of 1836, as well as his then condition, he says: Mr. W. s recovery followed a mild and nutritive plan of diet, consisting of milk and light animal food, but fat, etc. did not constitute an essential part of his diet. I have been consulted by him on several occasions since your visit to Birmingham, in consequence of hepatic and gastric symptoms, caused by excess in eating and drinking, and to the latter habit he has been addicted for several years. He is at present thinner than he was when you saw him; but he has had no return of the pulmonary symptoms. The loss of flesh is, I believe, to be attributed to his habit of taking stimulants. Here, then, is a case of advanced phthisis, arrested in the spring of 1837, and continuing well up to the present time, a period of sixteen years. Although fat, it is said, did not constitute an essential part of his diet, it must be evident that, during the winter and spring of 1836-7, the nutritive functions were improved by the hygienic and medical treatment employed. The emaciation visible in Octo ber of the former year, disappeared in the February following, when he increased in weight and strength, and under this improved constitutional state the pulmonary disease was arrested and has never since returned. The following case, that of a medical man, written by himself, was sent to me by Dr. Corrigan, who, in a note dated September 17, 1850, says of it: Of Dr. F. s case I can have no hesitation in making a positive assertion. I never had clearer evidence of the existence of a cavity, than in my examination of his chest, when I saw him in 1840. He is now, as you will see, in rude health, in charge of...