New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-27

hemorrhage from the lungs, than one on biiious te
y permanent; but the latter'' more liable than eith
OF the others to arrangements OF the stomach I'll
6o'rels. The difference ia the symptoms, men,
= oaused by the difference in the tcmTramcnS u "
patients, and not by any real difference IN tie ~
G easc Itself. Beside temperament, we have oshe
! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. we pbyslcians call u"
which still further complicate aud mask The "a
ease IN individual cases, and too often lead 10 fata
mistakes in diagposis and treatment
r When | say, therefore, thst comparatively lev
physicians arc able to pronounce q safe opinion Of
the health of the lungs, mean simply that medica
men engaged IN general practice cannot acquire VIZ
great experience which - neceesary TO enable then
to detect disease IL Obscure cases and In the early
stages. Soy tyro in medicns can detect consumption
in the iass stage; bat medical examination, TO b'
of any value to che patient rust dssover the pres
ence Of tubeN II hey exist before the lungs AT
seriously injured, and while cur. is yet possibS.
COSSUMPTI,S IL CHLDREs.---It is the general
opinion OF mankind that Consumpti0n most com
on between tse ag.s OF tceRty ard Hrty years
II we speak Of bis di.ease only IL the Scult tnif
may be true; bit it vii OCCASION some surprise
when ! say that there is no perio. OF hrnan HE
during which Nnpioa IL 20 p,erciet or 80 jam
rs betwe N the ageJ of Aree and Eteea.
Have You never h4en struck, in looking over the
weekly bills oil mort Jity, with the large propor:ol
OF children Now, clearly, children, if properly
nurured and clothed IVY their parents, ought TO be
far less babe 10 disease than adults, and when they
do tall ,ich their diseases ought 10 be mo durable,
for their vitality is more active. The truth Ii, tn
berces seldom sought for in the lungs vi chli-
dren. and us a consequence they iine away aud die
without the parents sur pectlng the cause. When
the physhan who ATTENDED tie Ease is call ID upon
TO furnish burial cerii eate, lee is c0u pd!ed 10
assign rome name to the disease, and hence takes
the most prominent syLiDiOr ~ diaTrhe0 or Dar0s-
\ mus, BY which it characterized. During the
pa-; year there have no. been zen burial cert "a
given in kew-York (of Children usder IL years. III
which Tire :" cause Of deGft was set down as
Mbcrclcs of ne iuHgs," and yet il IL certain that
more than fire huHGled ciiGy,, lave III that tine
fallen sacrifce to Ibis disease. AND If this be tro
OF the diagnosis, what shall be .aid OF He tredtmcn
thesc poor little sufferers received Can we sup
pose they were profeTly treated when the h0tnIe
Of the di-.ase not even discDeercd-or does il
make no difference IN the result, whether child be
treated for diGryhed or rOHSHmpfioY'
NJ. GIer EFT, physician OF very great experience,
nitachedto tue H0syitoi fer Itahtie Diseases, in
Paris IAN institution which receives nopaient under
year over sirtefAl tells lii that tuber,es are
found 10 fvO-nHjs + al the chHdyeH ,ah0 de ~ that
H0sDfai TIE observation Of NM. Lombard and
Papavone 20 10 prove the ZANE fact. DIR. Allison
OF Edinburgh places the MORTALITY from consumption
at more than 0He-thFrd the grOss mortality occurring
among children Ia that oity.
H. children 'his niaese does not manfet itself by
active sympicm. There rs no sDNtipe of Hood. !
or if 30, v.ry rarely. Where coagh occirs it is i'll
pGr0Zy sm,. There ia 10 crp~c'0rqt'Or Tor all the
matter forced mp from he lung. isswal0red. There
is commonly s0fstErs on fhe JoreteGd daring u |,
night but seldom "a distinct nigLk sws0t, some terer
dBrlng the dav but n s generally ascrDcd t.
Diarrhea ia very common symptom but il "a almost
-ure 70 be at,ribied 20 mdgsst en- thought to h.
a mere Summer complaint. There Is one symptom
which Is always prerent, VIZ. grddnW U98iFg I
array, but from what have flld /, will be under /
5000 that Il is impossible 10. d4ect consumption IN
children by the eereroi syNPto~s. The Stettesco2e
IL TIE only eaie reliance.
always suspect the health OF the lungs IN chill .
dren, hen oberystle.n trbect To any 0f toe fci-
lowing symptoms; ErhPhohs about the iAe',
gg1y and ci0pycd lips, ps5fHlgs Oh the edges Oi
The cye-hds--E uDf.Cps behind the EdrS-SJre-
mas and running from the HO9'-svelling OF the
giants 81 the neck, aud gradual uastHg If flesh and
strength. None Of these are A'ceSsariy slgrs
of ConsumTtion bnt they -hy'y u Dad state OF the
general health which, in grea, many cases, will De
found ar-e from the rrcrrics Of fVbcrcies in the
iuugs IN examination VIII always pu. the matter /
beyond douht aud consequently Mat parens who
ueglecis 20 have 1t made Is guilty Of great crrely
ana neglect.
The Treatment Of itis diseas, IN children varies
with the aye. Those ACRE ipur wears the
inhaling instrument without 0Ihculty, and indeed, /
generally regard II ~ It pleasure They do not u,-
der.iand that the mild soothing yapOrf they ORA
from il are powerful medcines designed 10 ac, bo.h
uuon the kuHgs and the O'o0d. tndcr four yeaI., /
All medicines designed 10 so5 upon the lungs have TO
be administered by fRef.1yt3Hg the ar II tis
nurserH When thi. II done, every breath the child
draws carries into tie sys'cm the subtle agents ~
oured tor rhc cure OF the dsease. That int0l0ti0R
l. the mos delicaie and powerful Of all the methods
by which medicines are administered Will be under
stood by considering the effects produced by breath
ING the cOu,agOn of disease and the nasnata of
fens DO not these enter the system through tie
Inng- and corrapt The blood without the knowledge
of the patient -dIcir1l rapors when iuh died en-.
ar the ,sten through he ANS channel, and while
thew keGi The lungs and yuT,fg the blood they
the invalid from The disgust snh discomfort % Other
form. Of medi alton Properly treated, consdmy-
ton is more cunbls i'll children hun IN adults TIE
changes m the system of children are rapid aud
tLei- vitality pa great That th,y will recover from
condition which wond be hopeless in The adult.
A, the object OF this paper Is TO impress the public
with the Importance OF grcaer attention 10 tie
health Of the lungs ia children, | cannot more
appropriately close than by quoting the sensible
remark, OF Sir james Clgrl. on the same subject:
The grea, prevalence says he, "Or cOu-umptios
in eary lie is subject hg y deserving the alton
tive confederation OF the physician. The mortality
from tuberculous diseases IA infancy aud childhood
il much greater than Il generally believed. Tie
practical differences 70 DC deduced from the isc.s
obtained by the French path0logIsts are sui!clent.'
evident and require little comment. They snow is
the pa amount Importance Of attending To The health
oil infants and children
With this core iy description OF the r1rtct'cS %
consumption. Ia my next etier shall point ont
the can which produce hal condition of the BLOOD
Oh which tHbercie, de- end
Your OF .d-rt s,-yaut.
ROBERT HUNTER VI. D.,
Physci,n fr Pulmonary. y.'csses, No 30 Broadway
Nsir.i *, Aug IS. 1902.
Notr-The writer Of the above letter. in assoc T
tio, with Dr. james Hunter, devotrs his exclusive
au.ntoniiOn TO the treatment OF bronchial anc pub
luonary diseases. They be consulted perso'-
ally % by letter at NJ. ~ Broadway. Hours from
pa. m. 10 ?. H..
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