, 1861-12-10

I etI! IL, l buHatE Co[l0Q cloths.
CoRREcT1oN.-The contributions arlnovz1aaa,;
!ast Week as being received from l. Foster. shnnli
nave been credited to the ladies' Of the Ffrsf Pros
byter1an Church Of this city ~ ACE
Or. Hunter, of New York. o., co,,
sumption.
LETTER NUMBER FouK.
10 the Editors of the Tribune:
however interesting, medical the oricsin rc,
} saro TO consumption NAV be to nhvsirians
themselves, the only matter Of any rcal inter:
; esI or Importance to the public is involved in
.aH .Is 9ues5io9, rs consumption cu,a5e2 II not,
Mny nor! There must be some good and sufi'
c1ent reason Why this maIady sfould farm m
exception to all other diseases, # If he cnra.
p1e, then BY what means can cure be accom-
pnsled; take it this is what the public d.
enS enJa" ~ Aho~' anu what the physician should
opinion, general in MY profession, and almost
universal among the people, that consumption
Is beyond the skill Of man to uproot. the fasE
OF explaining its treatment would indeed he
easily accomplished. It would consist in
mere enumeration Of the different remedies
which have been found most effectual in ~
ttdtanS Tue distressing symptoms which cllarac
teI1ze lt-congh, pain, fever, presentations Ec
Tor it may be truly said Of most physicians
tnat they have striven to devise the best means
to mask the disease and make the natient com.
Portable but the very worst to eject his so. ~.
Goverv' B9t, believing as do, that consump-
tlon le G"Tatte, 1t becomes necessary to point
ou1 WITH accuracy what mean By the term
| consumption. NN AoN
The tenn Consumption was originally
applied to many diseases situated in different
oIsans, ana having no symptoms in common
| GGAcept Inc Wasting or enlaciation Of tile body
| 1ne} we're called coNsuniptions because fTe
| sody coNs't'nsdaway. This use Of the term led
som fanJ nJn1aslon among writer's and it
consumption M meant by predxing the name Of
| Lacnncc, the great discoyerer of the stetbo-
| scope, IN the course Of his extensive researches
sInon INTO 1he ra1hology Of the lungs, found that
small granular bodies always exist in The inns
IN genuine consumption. These bodies are
caled tH6e7vies; and since the time Of Laennec.
tue Term consumption las been restricted and
Understood to apply! TO disease Of the lungs
ffnlraeterized faEn bE their presence When, there
i disease Of the lungs but ts.oe,1-ulay fliscasf:
am particular that this should be under
sfoou; Tor the changes which these tubert}es
Undergo produce the destruction of the lunrs.
ahd ail that melancholy train Of symptoms
which mark the progress of eousumption
while their seat-tlc air-tnbes and coils af t},c
iungs-indicates the treatment necessary for
their removal. A01
The tubercles regulate the stage Of the dis
cas- ease oy thc changes which they undergo. he
!GbercIes nre small specIs or points of a eray-
ish color-half transparent. In tits condition
.nsy resemble milet seed, and hence are called
sccretcd from the blood It is not only no1re5
o9t INTO tue air cells, and on the free surface |
OF Inc mucous lining Of the air-tubcs. bnt de- |
posted IN the delicate structures which 60 to
7ans' inahS up 1hs lungs Whatever intcreres with
clcs. They are always the product Of q defec- |
t3'e performance Of the function Of the lungs.
tdta'7n produces them by inducing and feed |
ing irritation in the larynx and winiripc, Il. |
s11a1on r119 u the la1ynx and windpipe is ALWAYS
followed by bronchitis. Bronchitis is ALWAYS ~ |
tended by the secretion of giscid 3,,at,:,,s ~ |
Pmeem, winch blocks up the air-tubes, and pre- |
fenIs tne admission Of air. The moment the
alf Is smut OF from cluster Of air-cclls, those
ecHs become the centre Of imperfect dccarbon. I
lz5tloh, ana sooner or later will become tubc7-
e7ttons. Here, then, you sec chain Of irrita.
!Ion beginning in simple catarrh, and ending
IN consumption. It is not the irritation thai
produces the tubercles-for irritation in any
3 oIner organ than the lungs would not be fol-
st,uet!oa which the a;Sc:;29 U;uets causes in thc
az tubes. The hawking up Of this sticky kind
VI mueus may be the only symptom Of con-
sumption In the first stage. From this you
WI Understand what a fatal mistake those
arise. ssinplonts 10
IN TIC second stage Of consumption the tn
tr ueleies become much increased in size, In
t3 .ne hIs1 they were OF the size of mil1et-seed:
- 10y e5,a4 Iase now BECOME Of sizes varying from
a sniaH pea to flbert. They have also m.
aersone a change in color-ffom pearl gray to
5eAoW; When taken from the lungs Of her.
s sons VINO mare died, and pressed between the |
III nnfefs, N, they break m down just like Jumps Of
thair Hha eneese. These cheesy tubercles, from
lungs, causing shortness Of breath. and, nens
crazy, considerable addition to the co1eh
and eSpectoration -01s"
~ lne fast stage Of consumption is caused by
daG:e dnese :eneesy tuberc1es becoming softened
alton OF the substance Of the luno+s N!ho,,
M me process of liberation commences. ne hera
~ ~ the worst symptoms inaugurated-hectic |
.otta esi-l'Snt s"eats-seyerc cougll-expecto- !
saons ass Is OF yellow matter splitting Of Blood
pains. rhese ese hr ana a, strsngth-and pleuratc
powers Of life, and the patient sinks. @@e !
neIe, tnel, you have III outline of that dis |
:ase use 70 Which we apply the term ''Consump
NY next letter will be on Chronic con. ]
sumption. 'ne eoa- !
Your obedient servant,
JAMES HrsTER, NJ. D..
assielan asl m for the Throat and Lungs. Ma. II
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m of the service a-n7... ~ eo.s' .n4s popular
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