New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-02-07
LETTER NO. ".

A".tAn NJ. Ass
y .ae Id,.ors q ne The term gronshi,is b.
medical writer's have too often confirmed this popular
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E enc sntets the right lung and che other the LEFT
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Tubes. and r.my through the whole internal substance
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Bronchitis is disease Of The lining or mucous membrane
to every external Or foreign haenee hence liable to
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sheps which os. upon The wind ip dusty siss-by III
This irritation leads TO .msr.es sranse
Its healthy action changes the character Of s secresons
chiis There kinds Of and chronic
ACUTE BRONCHITIS
Is commonly known " Gold il the Gsxm commence
forehead Of stung in the The irritation
tends rapidly to he anS hS hs t. sws and
the largnr and feeling Of rou0ne Inexperienced
Soon ssss If Utilization osesrs the same part causing Ii
lent to cough Next tghtness across the chest
ianss and the
the cough ceases Be dry as was at rst and thin sash
lion fspdiy Increases quantity ana liz cough become
Il
Nhsh in color and then elbow Gradually th
fully .s.e.ssshsd. This lie usual course mil.
a ssas II ss
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the cough and continuing ate. the fever ha
CHRONIC BRoNGHITIs.
In this disease there sometimes slight fever toward
@ patient IT,. s II
encss shortnes. IF breath on s,s.csns and has slight bu
bot manifest themselves again the
often supervs es with night and rapid wasting Of the
sn s9d snsh end the may die with all the
i very ssa disease in milder form j.
Winter and . eeuariy sub.dss during .he
every succeeding ecurrence maness itself IN greater Sc
piee This form o bonahs il neglected. VII surely Dc
5 H hs
becomes altered in sructure and ponrs forth matter which
ass saai Ps - 1s
Another form Of Is peculiar to middle life and o
ss nd &c
Il s
under treatment who raised pint and the
IN The dayIons On awakening sleep morning hs
other in the ereno There difficulty Of breath
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is he u s aos IL
pale blush the body tho blood becomes thin and
discharge unss patients from exhaustion
i've six onh but have known others to survive for
T6sie Still another form Ct this DRY BRos
s s II he ws aTs a
TIE essential character Of PIX grGnea consists in
membrsns by .hich the air diminished in size and
also The secretion Of dense gluinop, kind Of matter
re Bronchial tubes enr
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says L@nnec, fully one half Of arrived age Will
found, u examination. to present evidence of
thckenng Of portion of the mucous membrane Of the
lungs"
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It Is only conscious q being ho 6reahsd when ascending
mssi. md % every
disease situated remote part q the side
h sn Ct the ae n d
complaining tgas.s + the chest which 4 relieved BY
s. . @ matter pns
Effort to clear The hroa and may not occur than
they sy ass,.
raise s Jelly like mucous
as
oen
sy
There fyng in being assured by the kind
q asa n,sn in'S l, hss 2
&. hs i
that careful examination Of the lungs has been made
wing opinion therefore, fun on nothing reliable and re-
duced its intrinsic merits. simply tamperng with human
Most coughs q long an d d By free
coLp viii often the herald of Consumption is
Tbs frequency 81 This Of Bropchts slow nsidous
and eachereus the to
who are nursing dry of long standing the hope
such na y
toHSi W Plehio.utS "Hh,
are
81 ihsas, form pa.lis
etes only larger branches and again extending
through the smallest dca.ons 4 t. in fact
nameis. an shsrsenen. dation tubes This &C.
Fhos lung may 10 enlarged they may merely
A. hs sss there may
In addition these have Of the
luced by the as) alterations Of the throat
TREATMENT.
II you have read carefully what have said the
isrsnd how inadequate for lis b any remedy
xhich does not the LUNGS as deeply The disease
they Do not fountain Of The evil Hss
submit to the cruel torture Of eaas,c applied
vs.. suffering yoa only CO
shish from + j. would be q less but he
he membrane is becoming ieened and the smaller
These obs.sucons 70 increasing until sufficient air can
be drawn through the aubes produce the change
he blood from artd It the object Of respiration
haoge produced the lungs the air he and can
unless 1t is received in sufficient quantity. When
ideble obstruction exists 4 the bronchial tubes the carbon
moved part retained and again through system
impeding the rcuaton rr a.ng the brain and sys
xberees deposited in the lungs warming
ven of the fearful change which taking place. Without
with ed nf tn
nsidous and mortal disease is and brings
Thus consumption arises consequence OF neglectng
aareang bronchitis by placing reliance on ap lica,ons
eraum in The treatment Of all diseases to get the remedy
the organ part aec ed We washes mi cious
nonary diseases good but how are we to
pply it We canno; solids fluids, for this is air
atag all diseases situated within the airtubes and cells of
he lungs
What them inhalation The itself merely means the
mode Of administering medicines ty breathing them.
'hus say. II inhae medicine" would say, II
AXE medcinethed difference being simply, thai the
inhaled breat ed while the other sedoned We thus
xpct in order chow that medicines inhaled The
omac and hence that the bene. to be derived from nhaa
must depend upon the experiences and skill of the physi
ssary but for the that many who re-
ardng The treatment and whose unicaons always
inhalaton instead o being simply mode Of practice or
administration of remedies is some specific remedy nonm
seases TO make SUCH degrade to The base level Of
usckery. II can never be honestly employed without full
nd The adaptation Of the remedies accor DINGHY.
The first object OF treatment Is to cleanse the Of the
mex. seek 70 aay the irritation on which the secretion
endsto soohe and heal the inf amed surface The
nas sa ss y Ct as sa
pint OF fluid is half ded with cold warm hot wte