Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-02
v. N. DAVIS, Md,
MIC. P. S. o..
Graduate of Chicago Home pathic Col.
lege, Chicago, and College of Physi.
clans and Surgeons of Ontario,
Toronto, Cspada.f
DIPLOMAS HANG IN OFFICE.
BRONCHITIS.


inflammation OK mucous membrane OF
bronchial tubes. This disease may exist In
either toe acute or clronic forms.
Acute Bronchitis, like other infiamatory
affections of the chest, generally arises as
the result of exposure TO cold, particularly
il accompanied with damp. or OF sudden
change from heated to cool atmosphere.
The symptoms vary according 10 the severn
ty Of the attack, and more especially accord
ing to the extent to which the inhamatGry
action spreads IN the bronchial tubes The
disease usually mRnifestsitself at trst Ia the
form of a catarrh, or common cold. but the
accompanying feverishness and general con
stitutional distu 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, a companied With rapid aud wheez-
ing respiration, a feeling OF rawness and 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
tents suffering.
come with the cough, at first scanty and Wis
cid or frothy, but soon becoming copious
and OF purulent character. In general after
free expectoration has been established the
more urgent and painful symptoms abate;
and while the cough maypersist for length
OF time often extending for three or four
weeks, in the majority of instances conval'
escence advances, and the patie ut Is ulti-
mAtely restored to health, although there Is
not unfrequently left tendency to recur
renee Of the disease on exposure to its ex-
citing causes.
Chronic Bronchitis may arise as the result
of repeated attacks of the acute form, or 1t
may exist altogether Independently. II oc-
ours more frequently among persons ad
vanced i'll life than among the young, al
though no age is exempt from 1t. It also
hA nj
| catarrh of the throat to the bronchial tuoes.
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 entirely In summer, so that
| 1t is often called winter cough" In many
persons subject to it. however, attacks are
| apt to be excited at any time by very slight
causes. such as changes in the weather. ana
| in advanced eases OF the disease the cough
| is seldom altogether absent. Febrile dis
| turbance is less marked than in the acute
| form Of bronze hits. The cough is usually
| more troublesome in the morning than our
| ing the day. There is usually free and CO.
| pious expectoraiipn, and occasionally TINS
| Is so abundant as Ia constitute br0Rch0rTed.
| The expectoration is often fntid.
Chronic bronchitis Is liable in some in.
| stances, particularly when accompanied
/ with loss of flesh and strength. 10 be mis-
/ taken for consumption.
TIeatment-The benefit OF medical inhal-
| atiops 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
| to the seat OF the disease. facilitate expecto-
/ ration and ease the cough. The deep IN
spirstion that's necessary when using the
/ inhaler forces the medicated all past any
/ mucous obstruction, opens and heals ar
| cells that have become collapsed and in a
| few days patients always experience less
II impossible to call at office, treatise
/ will be sent upon application.