The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1867-02-28

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DIR. Hunter ON Acnfe and Cllr0nf,
bronchitis.
EDITORS CLARION = Having pointed on
those affections of the nose and throat. whicl
60 before and prepare the way for disease Q
the lungs, / now come to speak of Bronchitis
the most common form of pulmonary dis
ease, Bronchitis is q local Inflammation o
the mucous membrane lining the air-tubes o
the lungs, and is, simply, catarrb of tn
lungs. 1t does not differ from catarrh in th,
nose, in the effects it produces ON the nauc0H
membrane. Thickening enlargement of thu
mucous folioles and liberation take place il
the air-tubes of the lungs, the same as in ths
air passages of the nose, but the effect upon
| ID ba1I 10 va 1a
In Bronchitis, thickening of the mucous
membrane diminishes the size of the air
tubes and shortens tine breath. When the
nose is obstructed by unhealthy secretions
or SO changed by disease as to make it diff
cult for us to breathe through the nostri1s
we can breathe through the mouth but
when the bronchial tubes in the lungs are
INSTRUCTED or diminished in size, we can
only find relief by the cure of the bronchial
disease. ~ @
Bronchitis, then, is disease of the lining
of the bronchial tubes, ramlfying in the sub
stance of the lungs. This lining or mem
brane is very sensitive to every external in
1uence, and is, hence, liable to become irri-
tated by sudden changes of weather, by inn
pure air, by the fine particles Of matter
which fill the atmosphere of workshops, or
float upon the wind in dusty streets, by the
hundred irritating causes which meet our
breathing in almost every place. The most
common cause, showing itself is cold, first as
cGtarrh Of the nose, next affecting the
throat and laFynG, and, lastly, involving
the bronchial tubes, when the disease is
known as a settled "cold in the chest" or
Bronchitis. sEL I'll g. t5 ~
/ Acute Bronchitis is always attended with
immediate danger Death sometimes ensues
within forty-eight hours of the attack. In
such cases, the Inflammation extends over al
large portion of the lungs, and is very in
tense The difficulty of respiration amounts
to sense of strangulation. The lips and
cheeks become purple, changing to hvid
paleness the countenance is anxious in its
expression; the eyes have a wild stare
cold sweat starts out, and stands IN drops
over the forehead; delirium comes ON, and.
the patient relapses into the stupor of death.
The obstruction to the bronchial tubes is so
great under these circumstances, that air
enough can not be drawn through them to
produce the change in the blood from ceRous
to arterial. The circulation of the venous
blood causes the blueness of the lips, and the
pallor of countenance. 1t is the object of
respiration to change the blood from dark
to bright red color. This change is produced
by the air in the lungs, and can not occur
unless it is received in sufficient quantity
The carbon, which constitutes the impurity
of venous blood, poisons the entire system,
and its action on the brain causes delirium,
Insensibility, ard death.
The acute symptoms usually subside after
short time but unless the patient is prop
erly treated, he does not return to his form
er good health. He discovers slight dis
position to warmth in the hands toward
evening, and cannot take the same exercise
as usual, without discovering that he is
"short of breath" Still, he is pretty we'll
and if the season be summer, he may go on
until fall without erpector alton. But, as the
winter approaches, he begins to cough, and
the expectoration is found to be yellow He
may also find the fever increased to decided
hectic, and night saceats and rapid loss Of flesh.
in which case he will probably die before
spring., with all the symptoms of consump-
ton Still, this is not consumption at all
it is simply q chronic catairh of the lungs or
chronic Bronchitis. ril Il
It.is very common for chronic Bronchitis
to assume milder form, when it is spoken
of as winter coughs" it comes on each
winter, and as regularly subsidies during the
summer; but, at greater severity; and recov-
cry in the following summer is not so COM
plete. This form of Bronchitis if neglected,
win as surely destroy life land treated in the
usual manner, it is as incurable) as consump-
ton itself The mucous membrane, sooner
or later, becomes altered in structure, and
pours forth matter which has all the quail
ities of pus. Hectic fever supervenes; and
the disease tends slowly, but surely, to a fatal
termination.
Another form of Bronchitis is peculiar to
middle life and old age. 1t is distinguished
by the quantity and the character of the mat
ter expectorated. Usually, there are two
fits of coughing in the daY-one on awaken
ing from sleep in the morning: and the other
in the ereniag. There is considerable diff
Guilty of breathing while paroxysms of
last; but it passes off as soon as
The lungs are freed from the viscid secretion.
The patient is feeble; he may, however, live,
and attend to. light duties for several years.
But the eountenance gradually assumes o
pale, blush tint; the body wastes, the blood
becomes thin, and death ensues, apparently |
rom the constant drain kept up by the dis
charge from the lungs. Some patients die |
rom exhaustion, in five or six months; but |
nave known others to survive for as many
Years.
Go be continue.d)
Your obedient servant,
HrYNrrr MI