Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-29
v. N. DAVIS, Md.
NJ. C. p. S. o.,
Graduate of Chicago Homeopathic Col
lege, Chicago, and College of Physi
clans and Surgeons Of Ontario,
Toronto, Canada.
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BRONCHITIS.

Inflammation of mucus membrane oil
bronchial tubes. This disease may exist In
either toe acute or clronic forms.
Acute Bronchitis, like other intiamatory
affections of the chest, generally arises a.
the result of exposure 70 cold, PARTICULAR,
| II accompanied with damp, or OF suddei
change from heated to cool atmosphere
The symptoms vary according to the severi
1 ty of the attack, and more especially accord
| ing to the extent to which the fntiamst1r,
| action spreads IN the bronchial tubes. Th,
/ disease usu ally manifests itself at first in tn,
form OF catarrh. or common cold, but the
| accompanying feverishness and general con
| s.ituticnal distu lbance proclaim the attach
| to be something more severe, and symptoms
denoting the onset OF bronchitis soon pre-
| cough. accompanied With rapid and 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 oil
the form OF asthma known as bronchitis, are
superadded. and greatly aggravste the pa
TENTS suffering.
After few days expectoration begins 10
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 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 patient is ulti-
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 II
may exist altogether independently. 1t oc
ours more frequently among persons ad
yanced in life than among the young, al
though no age is exempt from 1t. IL also
ant 1xr fr<r "a o@
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 oi the yea, and in Its earlier
stages, departing entirely In summer, so thai
1t is often called winter cough" In many
persons subject to IL, however, attacks are
apt to be excited at any time by very slight
causes. such as changes in the weather; and
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 br0achorred.
The expectoration is often foetid.
Chronic bronchitis is liable in some In
stances, particularly when accompanied
with loss of flesh and strength, to be mis-
taken for consumption.
Treatment-The benefit Of medical inhal
atfons combined with constitutional reme-
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
spiration thatis necessary when using the
inhaler forces the medicated ah past any
mucous obstruction, opens and heals air
cells that have become collapsed and In
few days patients always experience less
difficulty in breathing.
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