Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-01-14


silent stitch in the side occura /. a uaicritv Il
Instances, but there 10 very rsrely any Nxed =
| in The chest. The cough q usually severe, pa
| ticuisrly on rising out of bed in the mornine, At
which time the breathing is nore or less whesz-
ing and attended with q feeling Of tigh'ness ia
the breast
| If the disease continues the expectorstiou lie
comes purulcns and extremely copious. Debility
ans cancellation increase rapidly the difficulty
OF breathing aud sense of weight and tghtness
| across the chest becomes more and more dis-
tressing. Tie pulse is NOW generally very fes-
queni being seldom under one hundred and
twenty m. auto. In the early part Of the day
the face IL %, Dy pale, but deep flush Of one
or both checks i commonly observed towQt
evening. The t0sgue becomes clear. and -
many instances Il assumes an alarming appear.
ance, and is redder than in health. There are
generally profuse and exhausting night sweats
relief 10 found swslfing ofshe askies and diarr-
hes supervess, sad dss.h closes ~ sssne
'LARyNOITlS." on CLERGYhAK's SORE
THROAT
There Il modi6estion Of this form Of Coo.
sanption which y . terror 10 The cissRy nd ~
| membsrs Of the Bar. and that part Of tSe oucous
%smbr.ss iiaisg the lasy... Giving rise to -
The disease 10 oftea extremely ,nsidious e
the eo0menceosns, and It, progress ID 20 tardv
that greet desl, aed often irrsparshle misehisf.
10 done before any alarm 10 tskea By The pesissS
or he applies for relief
An uneasy sensation, and in some casss pain.
il felt in the laryn1, and extends over that or
gan, ed at other times 10 restricsed 20 Q single
spot Usually tickling seaee1ien e1isls. which
provokes coughing. attended with . feelisg y
The threat = II there were semsthiog. Ia the
the pain il decreased By ceughing. speaking. in
| spiring cold cir, or up0n psessure 6eine meoe
upon The iarynx. The voice becoming altered
il frequently the first symptom that sfrests thu
attention Of the patient. Il 10 q first weak then
becomes hoarse. and may suddesly or gradually
be entirely lost. amounting to complete sphe
The cough In the FRS; instance is dry, Cut il ID
sftsrward accompanied with the cxpectoratiou
Of mucu:, mixed occasionally with paa OF blood;
| offen there are paroxyems or difficulty of
breathing. Thu genei al health eventually be.
gins 70 suffer. Emaciation, hectic, night swea.s
and often indications oftrbercles occur Is the
disease advances. and IN the latter stages drop
steal sweIlings, which increase till death.
PULMONARY CONSUMPTION.
This arises from cold settling on the SUBJ
stances Of the lungs which 10 attended with .
cssgh ana slight expector alton, snd which, il
neglected, will terminate in this form Of con-
sumption.
The commsncsmsnt Of the disease il marked
by slight schipg pains. with = sense Of tightness
in some parts Of the chest and \ short. drv
ton The breathing is shorter and more ire.
quent. These symptoms gradually become
more conspicuous, and st length night fever oc-
ours toward evening" and the respiration and
throughout the whole day. A 1t Of couehins
usually occurs in the morning. and the patient
rises ont Of bed in relaxed and feeble condi-
ton. There 10 an extreme liability TO take cold
on the slightest exposure. By degrees the
cough becomes more frequent and troublesome.
night when swskesing from sleep. A. The dis
! ease advances, the sAn, lips, tongue and fauces
become dry in the afternoon, slight ch,lls regu-
i.rly occur towards evening. followed oy fever.
| during Which ore or both checks heccme suf.
/ fused with circumscribed flush . drv. bnrn.
, ing heat is felt in the palms Of the hands and
soles Of the feet the hresthing 10 very quick
and short, and the pulse very frequent, Smsll,
, quick and tense. These febril paroxysms ecs
time till toward midnight. when they termis
/ continues until morning. leaving the sutlerss
exhausted, lsnguid and depressed. Frequently,
previous to the occurrence Of this train Of symp.
toms, the expectoraton becomes thicker, and
ing Of load in the chest and emaciation con.
tinuss. attended with increasing failure ot
strength.
, l. Toward the unioriun termination Of tho
disease swelling Of the feet and diarrhea d.
, most invariably come ON, accompanied with
, weak and hoarse voice, difficulty ofswallow ine
and sometimes liberated throat, until death re
lieves the sufferer.
DYSPEPTIC CONSUMPTION.
When Bronchial Consumption 10 complicate
with hepatic disease. tan occurrence by nj
means uncommon il forms what is termed Dys
s,nG Ous u,.t,n In Al.
ease we have, in addition TO the ordinary phen
omena OF broucial disease, various So mptous in
dicative of hepaic disorders, such astendernes.
D aud tension OF the right side, irfegularity OF the
bowels. with unnatui al stools, "a shallow hue o
the face, Darrowncss of the white Of the eve
ilatulency, indigestion. with variable appetite
increased difficulty Of breathing and cough af-
ter eating hearty meals, furred and brown
tongue, foul breath, nausea, and sometimes ON
q lung. In some instances OF this form of the dis
I ease no symptoms Indicative VI pulmonis aflec
ton occur in the commence menf of the msladv
the only manifestations Of disease being such Il
! are usually present IN h7er complaints gcner.
, ally. dull pain or tenderness IN the right
. side, with increased uneasiuess on living on the
left side, irregnlarit ofthc bowels foul tongue,
3 and depression Of tie spirits, are in such eases
4 the first symptoms complainei OF by the IA.
tient. The first warnings efdisease in the bron.
T chal membrane are slight. There - slight
cough, unattended With pain BY degrees the
/
. continues for some time. tough phiegn 10 ex-
I | perforated the breathing. too, ID in some de.
gree afietted, and the sufferer complains Of
weight and tightness across the chest. The
. puruent expectoraton and the usual symptoms
= Of hectic are fully established, which continues
to increase till death ensnes.
PLEuRIIlC CONSUMPTION.
This variety Of consumption depends ON an ef
fusion into the csviiv 81 the chest from innam
nation of the pleura While the effusion into
the cavity Of the chest is going on the lung be
comes more and more separated from the sur.
! face Of the thorax. being gradually compressed
by the accumulated fluid until it is reduced to
very spall size, and more or less disorganiaed
in its structure. While this is going on ulcera
ton sometimes takes place in some parts Of tn,
pulmonary plcura and the corrcsE ondng sub
stance of the lung. aud an opening is thus mad.
into the bronchial tubes, through which the e.
fused ssro-puru,ent fnd is disch srged BY cough
or expectoration. When this takes place irrita
tive fever, with night swea!s. frequent cough
emaciation, in short all the ordinary symptom.
of consumption supervene.
This form Of consumption is generally thu
consequence of pleurisy. II is characterized by
= sense Of oppression in the chest or lying down
difficult and hurried breathing in ascending
stairs, or muscular exertion short, disturbed
sleep short, tickling cough, aggravated on frs
lying down spells Of hurried and oppressed
breathing after speaking, and generally more Of
less soreness Of the external surface Of the If
fected side Of the chest The patient Is sasies,
when in sitting posture, and il requested e
. take deep breath while in the sreci position
he will generally do il with little apparent din
Guilty but when he lies fat down. and draws
deep breath. be will complain Of pain, tighsness
soreness, load or some kind of inconv euiencs on
! the chest Death often occars suddenly, and il
almost invariably preceded By considerable
swelling ofthe legs and feet. In some inst sncei
after the eiiused fluid Is discharged shrsagh the
lungs, the progress Of The disease becomes srrest
ed, and the patient RECEIVERS 70 tolerabie stste
Of health. When this occurs the Effected side OIL
the cheat contracts to . manifest degree, folm
ing what L&nic describes under the name Of
contracted chest. Unless tie progress Of The
diseases arrested the dtdiculty IF 6fesshisg BE-
comes greater and greater. natil q length The
patient cannot liz dowu q eli, end renlniD ID
this state until he dies.
. am ussbls, from want Of Psee, 70 give only
extracts from : few d the large Number ofosrti
scates received (uusoicite d 81 me- from patients
.. il everv part OF the United States.
MRS. GEO. w. TANNING. NO. sly ARCH
STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
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