Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-06-20

DIPLOMAS HANG IN OFFICE,
BRONCHITIS


inflammation of mucus membrane Of
bronchial tubes. This disease may exist in
either toe acute or lronio forms.
Acute Bronchitis, like other intiamatory
affections of the chest, generally arises as
the result of exposure to cold, particularly
| II accompanied with damp. or of sudden
change from heated to acool atmosphere,
The symptoms vary, according to the severi-
| ty of the attack, and more especially accord.
| ing to the extent to which the inhamatt ry
| action spreads IN the bronchial tubes. The
disease usu ally manifests Itself at first in the
form of a catarrh, or common cold, but the
accompanying feverishness and general con
stitutional dlstu ,bance proclaim the attack
| to be something more severe, and symptoms
denoting the onset OF bronchitis soon pre-
sent themselves. A short, painful, dry
cough, accompanied with rapid aud wheeZ-
/ ing respiration, a feeling of rawness aud pain
| In the throat and behind the breast bone,
and OF oppression or tightness throughout
the chest mark the early stages of the dis
| ease.
In some cases, from the first, symptoms OF
/ the form of asthma known as bronchitis, are
superadded, and greatly aggravate the pa
Alter few days expectoration begins 10
come with the cough, ut first scanty and Wis
cid or frothy, but soon becoming coplous
and of purulent character. IN general after
| free expectoratlon has been established the
more urgent and painful symptoms abste
| and while the cough may persist for length
of time, often extending for three or four
weeks, In the majority of instances conval-
escence advances, and the patti mt is ulti.
not unfrequently left tendency to recur
renee of the disease on exposure TO Its eN-
citing causes.
Chronic Bronchitis may arise as the result
of repeated attacks of the acute form, or It
may exist altogether Independently. IL oc.
ours more frequently among persons ad-
vanced In life than among the young, al
| though no age Is exempt from II. II also
fFRnnAnfly pXtanginn
| catarrh of the throat to the bronchial tuDes,
The usual history OF this form of bronchi-
tbs Is that OF cough recurring during the
colder seasons OF the yea and in its earlier
stages, departing entlfelyin summer. so that
| IL ~ often called "winter cough" In many
| persons subject TO II, however, attacks are
| apt TO be excited at any time by very slight
causes, such as changes in the weather; and
In advanced cases OF the disease the cough
| Is seldom altogether absent. febrile dis.
turbance Is less marked than in the acute
form of bronchitis. The cough Is usually
more troublesome In the morning than dur
ing the day. There Is usually free and CO.
piOus expectoration, and occasionally this
Is so abundant as to constitute br0nch0red.
| The expectoration Is often fptld.
Chronic bronchitis is liable in some In
| stances, particularly when accompanied
with loss OF flesh and strength, to be mis-.
taken for consumption.
lTeatmeut-Tho benefit OF medical iuhal.
ations combined with constitutional rene
dies Is more marked In this than In any
other disease Of the air passages.
The healing remedies are carried directly
10 the seat OF the disease. facilitate expecto-
ration and ease the cough. The deep in
splration that's necessary when using the
inhaler forces the medieated ain past any
mucous obstruction, opens and heals air
cells that have become collapsed and In a
| lew days patients always experience less
| difficulty In breathing
| H. impossible to call at office, treatise
Will be sent upon application.
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