The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-08-01

~ H3e L1tIoT oI inc UdSe Guy:
There are many forms Of consumption
that would afford an interesting snbje &c,
for . very lengthy and protr,cted discus
sion, among which are the following vsri
ct es, viz: Pulmonary, Laryngesl and
Traeheal, Pieursl, Imposthamous, Ulcer
alton and Aelanosis, Cancsrous, Granular
aud Tubercular or Scrofulous Consump.
ton.
ln this brief article We are necessarily
confined to the FIRST mentioned
Pulmonalis. or Pulmonary Consnm psion
lnvalids proximating this stage OF dis.
ease are OF greater number, and the dis.
ease more fatal rs We near the Arctic
region. The inhabitants OF thas climate
are more predisposed to pneunsoaic irri
lotion. At the commencement of the
very lengthy winters they are liable to q
severe cough, attended with copious ex
pectoration Of viscid, muco- puruIent or
frothy matter. The respiration is op-
pressed, accompanied st times with wheer.
ing and uneasiness 10 the spigastrium a
s!igh'ly furred tongue, irreg ular action Of
the bowels, quick and irritated pulse
The sudden atmospheric vicissitudss
which the invalid is exposed TO increases
the violence and frequency of the spells
Of coughing. and the same effect is ususl-
ly produced in warmer climates BY inbal.
ing irritating vapors or fine dust. In
shops Tor grinding and polishing brass
and sfnol ,r~trnsrocts shn g. ~.....Iu, - &
the steel are drawn in along with the air.
In narrow end filthy streets We inhale the
poisonous and infaming gasses generated
by deoomposing matter. In crowded
rooms We obtain barely sufficient oxygen
to sustain respiration. There are many
other causes, especially in the low tenn
peratures where persons are exposed to
the extremely cold weather, that are pow
erfol agents in producing, inflammation Of
the Bronchia, Larnyx, Trachcs, and PIeu-
ra and contribute to the formation of
yomica OF absceasss in the parsnch yma-
TONS substance Of the lungs, aud con tracts
for its victim case or ..u.. ;.sS-.-i A.a-
sumption.
The prognosis Of q variety OF cases OF
pulmonary diseases mentioned above diff
fer to very large extent in the degree
of sannbility peculiar to them. Consump-
tion which depends upon bronchial infla-
nation is not considered with that dis
parity SO common, nor is it by the gene
ral practitioner do med beyond the con
troll of judicious remediate treatment, and
where the mucous tissue remains free
from liberation, or the subjaccnt pulmon-
ic structure has not become consolidated,
recoverics are by no means UNCOMMON.
We have mentioned as many of the
more important canses of accidental con-
sumption a. the space viii permit; aud
We need scarcely add, that it il the i'm
perative duty Of every individual to exer-
else every effort to escape even the slight
est cause or agency calculated TO pro-
duce disease Of The lungs; and while this
duty devolves upon every human being.
there is another equally important. Of the
same ph ysical nature, and It is when aoy
disease, acute or chronic, sympathetic or
organic, takes plAcs in she system, there
should be . struggle on the part Of those
concerned. as we'll as upon that Of the
medical practitioner, to combat against
the ravages OF denth, before the disease
becomes permanent and incurable.
II. VAN BuREN, NJ. D.,
Special Practitioner for Pulmonary Dis.
eases, Deming House, Ksokuk, Iowa.