Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1836-09-23
Far the Vermont Phoenix.
|, rosARY CONSUMPTION, NO. 3

The many pathological phenomena aris-
from the several aforementioned varie-
Of pulmOnic disease, are SO similar IN
.har,c,eristics-so correspondent and
l., in their invasion, progression and
...s;Oo with one another, in herespec-
,.,;e,ies that we shall in the subse-
:, observations, condense the three in
BY giving the symptoms, predisposing
exciting causes of the generic term pull
binary consumption.
Writer'S have usually made two stages Of
ID,unpiou, the incipien, and confirmed !;
tween which, no precise line OF demarka-
can be drawn. The symptoms OF the
civent stage are as follows. A tightness
ross the chest; arratic pains, which at
NTH become seated at either side or be-
zen the shoulders, and which are increas-
BY exercise or deep inspiration. espe-
aly il the patient be in horizontal posi-
b.; hurried respiration upon ascending an
bnsuce, OF a fight Of stairs; pulse some,
bat accelerated, especially after meals, and
ore 50 iflhe patient has taken animal food
[on, tickling, and troublesome cough col
Hess, ropy, and considerably frothy expec-
ration, in which rounded floccuh are oc.
sOnally suspended; blood sometimes ex-
fslOrated, though this is usually the pre-.
lrsor Of tuburcular developemenss il may
however, the consequences Of suppressed
laueOus perspiration, orsome other accus-
med evacuation. The features become
happened; general emaciation appetite and
gestve functions generally good ; the eyes
b expressions Of the coun,enance s,riIs-
fgy altered; the color Of the cheeks be.
pines paler, while the lips retain their yer
billion hue Let the observing physician
Fmesly fix his eyes upon the face Of the
blieul while couversing with him, and h,
ll commonly see the circumscribed fusf
Ppearing and receding, in a curious man
en- A beautiful bloom will be spread owe
ne OF both cheeks for a moment and theI
lappear, bearing death-like pallidi,y.-
|ay an illusirious European physician
whenever this symptom is obvious, with ;
Use somewhat quicker than natural, and
port tickling cough, consumption may al
ays be appreheuded
Thus having given the most prominen
Fnploms Of the ineipient stage, we procee,
consideration Of those occurring in tn
'narmed stage. AT the commencement G
stage purulent expectoraton and hecti
F'er make their appearance, which une
ulv0cally establish the nature of the diseas,
nema'ler expectorated. is of straw O
'''n blow color, appearing in globula
pnPs' and blended with mucus. Hecti
wei IS supposed to be the consequence {
lucrative process in the lungs by whic
secre'ed' taken up by the absorben,
III carried into the system, producing
s'llai irritation and weakness, upon whic
!" lever seems to depend. Ii belongs /
A' RENTING type-has its exacerbation b,
"een lour and seven o'clock in the iafte
'0H' BY which the heat, thirst and restles
NO. are increased Towards midnight II
'''''ng Stage commences; the patient
'"s'eu' and loses himself in sleep; awnk'
ue morning and feels much lassitud
''u'ed blythe copious perspiration. The
'Ae colllqaative or dissolying nigh
'''' winch alternate with diarrhea, eau
Oy alterations in the intestines. III
''gs frequency of the pulse is about /;
minute though it is frequently found
l,ay Gays as high as 30 There is
',Aan' burning in the PALMS of the han
'u'oles Of THE feet-zThe lower extremiti
r"s''y become dropsical. Thus the patie
fauually approximates to the tomb, un
4. 'u 'nree'iouuhs ofhis lungs are consu,
Wa' least perform no function, then dro
[ |aY" lie frequently, however, dies We
'Duenly-much sooner than his friends a
T 'ID''a' attendant anticipate. But it is +
t'''Onary consumption that kills him
0.' ruacKed with acute pleurisy. which
~ ,'''' survives. The Partisan physical
y, ny, MS an indpbitable fact, that consumpti
p aa''a'S never survive an attack of &C,
~, pays the illustrious DR.. Johnson-"Wh
ill., ',na'y consumption is regularly est,
'Hsa' u forms one Of the most distressi