New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-15
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DR.. HUNTER on CONSUMPTION

T. ~ Edi'or Of II, \. y. Trisss.
sra; Gov proceed to describe the most prominent yr7
tom. Ct Con.uur,on
One q the symptom. noticed /. cousE~ II 3
dry ard as discovered the patents getting GU Of eet
the morning Ansr ard .so experienced aurins
tn DAY, .sr-csy sef eIson and sgsa a. nsht sier
tns For soue iHeths ecush ssto Be tey over
Looked By the retert and may scueeg b regud-s By h
fsrcs b.in IN reality little than or too dry h>ets
Ater tie lapse Of some weeks mouths the couch
Observed 10 be attended ~ the srpectorson OF ee ropy
fluid Ike ssvs Which suppos,d by the patient from
the thirst By degrees this With
eo1sh throuthOa the cay though much Tres than il the
Now When such cough sesls upon person without Any
sptsf cause .hosa excite coa aud lead Ihe
for couch does .~sy. CoI mpoa but n.verth.
80 4 tei, to Indicate the approach Of sehiet
stn DOT aHs!. present even in eo1hfmed Con,un yton
fT oee.nonay through q. s wlthou, II
tsyins been cough gupinz Of efort
its tbe matter This however is rare.
At.rs time y.yirs in different ess-s Lizzie point, Of p.e
hs parent uueou. r.ed .nd about the zane pc
iioe p-et and stream Of blood occ.so.sy .ee1 Toe
vhe on the other hand the opake yellow sresty in
cases even In the Of the dsess Occasionally the
quantity yery suA even where there sItenn.s d.ors.n.
Be large from the steadily Increasing
ii, L exceeds pint in twenty four hours M.ny patients do
.KPectarae until very late in the dsee aud some,
dsth occurs before the lungs have begun to break down
ard is observed in .,endins stairs. walking up h or 10 sny
sctye exeon t which time. the sensation np.ned
To~s Is. c s"d q. sn
the principal dsess Of the patient Many who
VII m,t. deep Inspiration sd then fOreiby .trit.
breast with the tst remsking There nothing the matter
here which declaration they ti:pste unqualified assent
fon the physician BE unfortunately this Short
OF bss.h generally much Increased before heuouhaze
breath Is used hurried rseid
ina The number Of re'piratons in health; varies from
fifteen 10 in the minute bus, 10 this disease
bibs for hem to to twenty thr
y and that without exciting the attention s.rm the
ne p," is usually much increased in frequency and fee.
blspe There /. remarkable connection kept up between
the pulse and number OF respiration, per minute E,eh i'd
dtons respiration above the standard Of health w be found
the pulse shout i've oeat Those cases tn which the
Pulse br, little disturbed favorable than those In
which II hundred 10 one hundred and twenty
md have known the lungs to be BROKEN down
large uicerous excavations formed without the patient
weiIk and oppression Some patients feel sharp pdns below
the collar bone beneath the shoulder blades in the sides
In Others dull aching OF burning In the same
r.s The OF the pain frequently distant from the par.
ssectd unuus for The pain 70 be IN me
rsh lung while the dsesse confined to the left or vice
H,e,,c F,r,,p symptom Of great moment When the
fever 10 preceded BY chill Of mistaken for p.oxy
OF sRue and treated without leading 10 discovery OF "a
correction With the dei,s IN n: lung d ssrrp a2sn 5s
evening he feels chilly 'hrur up his .houde or turns h
hot and toward morning he pespres first slightly but
the disease advances pofuey n to dreneh every thing about
s.hsr These .@ess have close connection .ssp They
rarely occur While the patient awake So distressing thus
SYMPTOM that afflicted by dread the return Of night
The ard rapid wasting Of the ssh which occur in
This disease great measure due 70
the dehitatps effects Of nisht+wests
TIE Io,isg ls fesA" 10 often OF the earliest symp
tom, wasting the peculiar mark Of the disease IL goes on
though the appetite be good and the food abundant and
nutritious This how not the invariably for the
disease not unfrepy makes considerable progress before
sbe patient vbiy thnnera result most CON
mcnly young women. 40,
Wien person without any apparent cause becomes thin
and time aufk pulse and hurr ed bTeshng
you smo certainly conclude that there Is mischief 10
the chest though that circumstance never have been aus
pecttd The Men&uaI Fvnetoa 10 generally suppressed
sitter the frat few months Of the disease The destructive
changes going in the luus sbsorb all the energies OF
The system Often tho attention 10 not even attracted to me
lungs until Ions after the menstrual function has e;ens sup
pressed IL ubfrsquent occurrence for strong medicines
TO be prescribed BY the careless 20 restore the men
sd ouy folly and cruey OF su;h course
desse the lungs becomes too 70 De sny
longer mistaken To his csreessnea be then atnou'e
tie de po tuberces in the angs the dsarsusemen OF
nen,truation while in reality this but one OF tue common
CONSCIOUSNESS Of Corsumption . !,
The cIscuLArros always feeble in Consumption. aud
habitus coldnes Of the hands aud feet Another
very common indication of this disease an appearance OF
bluene~ below the often Observable before any other
Nmptom eIcifes attention. 80 e.
In my letter shall consider smohsse' and spit
tina Of blood symptoms OF Con Gum tion.
am &c, ROBERr HUNTER. MD,
Pbys'ci.a for Disease Of the Lungs.
No s2s Broadway, Newfors Feb Is, 1855