Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-10-15
(From the Cincinnati Knquiror)
DR.. Wolfe on Consumption aud Medioa-
ted Inhalation.
LETTER NI

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| In my last letter ! called attention to some
of the most prominent symptoms which her.
aid the approach or indicate the presence o
consumption. AS | then stated / did this
10 apprise persons Of danger in time, thai
they might address the proper remedies to
avert its fatal consequences. Among tho
early symptoms Of consumption noticed. |
mentioned hacking cough, with q ropy like
saliva in tho morning, aud more or less fre-
quontly through the day. In the curly stnge
Of consumption we also have 'short breath
in walking up hill or ascending stairs-pnl-
pitation OF the heart when using a little ex-
ira exertion-shooting pains through tho
breast and sdes--night sweats and splitting
blood To his last symptom | wish to call
your attention more particularly; especially
so, as it is ono Of great importance
Many persons spit blood years before any
symptoms of consumption are noticed, and
when by general observation they would be
pronounced healthy. TO agree with this
opinion, such persons when they approach
the auscutator. thump themselves or tho
breast, and say, There is nothing the mat
ter here, doctor, and expect good natured
acquiesence. In others, the first attack of
hemorrhage dates the commencement of the
use"s0i ""u '"o VOuS'i tuo enoTt prehthlhG
ana the expeetoration are all referred aud
Inscribed 70 the bleeding some again do
not RAISE blood untii late' and IN a few in
stances, consumption runs ITS entire course
without even unge oil blood IN the expec-
toration. but as general thing, whenever
blood is spit whether 1t IS only few streaks
IN the e4pectorauon, or monthslul, remem'
Der tnat II rarely happens except as seri'
GUS disease within the chest, though the pa
uent may be unconscious oil IT, spitting
piood IS almost sure Indication OF tuber-
cies within the lung, ana IRON those tuber.
cies VIII arise sooner or later all those chan
yes ana symptoms Whlch constitute con-
sumption
Henry Melville, says, "lt cannot be too
widely known that splitting blood IS q thing
oil fearful interest as pointing out the SILENT
treacherous progress OF deadly disease
within the lungs Tho loss OF blood is an
Indication o' the presence OF tubercles, from
which arise consumption Physicians fire.
quenty cheer their patients By the assuri
nnce that the blood has only come from the
threat. Let me warn you not to DC deceive
Cd IN nine hundred ana ninety nine cases
out oil thousand when you cough up blood
however small the quantity, that blood
comes from the iungs, and speaks n terrible
warningi and II you value henlth--if you
prize liie-if you have any object that rem
ders existence desirable, begin at once to re,
sist the progress OF this fearful malady."
Professor walsh, IN his work on Disease Co
OF the Lungs, says: I'm those cases Of bron'
chitis where blood Is present IN the expec'
toration, tubercles may always be expected
in the lungs.
The celebrated DR. Sweet, 10 his work on
Diseases OF the Chest, says "Fhough bleed
ing from tho lungs does not always occur in
consumption, yet, whenever it does occur, it
ain ost certainly indicates the disease.
Professor Latham, in his lectures on Clin.
ical Medicine, in 81. Bartholomew, thus
speaks oil liemorrhage OF the Lungs "Spit-
ting blood always gives ieurlul intimation Of
the presence OF tubercles, which are only
the eggs OF consumption.
In twelve hundred cases OF bleeding from
the lungs, DR. Louis did not meet single
instance where It was not preceded or iol-
lowed by consumption. And thus il is that
"splttlng blood is considered 50 sure a pre-
cursor Of consumption, Tint life insurance
companies reilso to grant policies upon any
mans iile, who has been 50 effected.
Hemorrhoge from the lungs seldom proves
fatal in Its immediate consequences Years
sametiines eapse before its fatal effects are
produced, Indeed, we frequently hear per-
sons who have had bleeding at the lungs,
remark that they feel decidedly better, and
seemingly do improve, but this is only a
temporary rehei, ana u is latal mistake to