Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-30
v. N. DAVIS, Md,
Nj. c. P. S. o.,
Graduate OF Chicago Homeopathic Col
lege, Chicago, and College of Physi-
clans aud Surgeons of Ontario,
Toronto, Canada.
DIPLOMAS HANG IN OFFICE.
BRONCHITIS.

inflammation OF mncus membrane of
bronchial tubes. This disease may exist In
either G acute or c Ironic forms.
Acute Bronchitis, like other infamatory
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 a cool atmosphere
| The symptoms vary according to the severi-
/ ty OF the attack, and more especially accord.
| ing to the extent to which the iRtiamatery
action spreads III the bronchial tubes. The
/ disease usually manifests Itself at first in the
i form OF 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. short, painful, dry
cough, accompanied With rapid and wheez-
| ing respiration, a feeling OF rawnessand 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 aggrayate the pa
tents suffering.
After a few days expectoration begins 10
come with the cough, at first scanty and Wis
cid or frOthy, but soon becoming copious
and OF puruient character. In general after
free expectoration has been established the
more urgent and painful symptoms abate;
and while the cough may persist for length
weeks, in the majority OF instances conyal.
escence advances, and the patient 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-
i vanced in life than among the young, al
j though no age Is exempt from it. 1t also
frequently occurs from the extension oil
| catarrh OF the throat TO the bronchial tubes
/ The usual history OF this form of bronchi-
| It's is that of a cough recurring during the
/ colder seasons oil 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; 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 bronchofred.
The expectoratiOn is often fptid.
Chronic bronchitis is liable in some in
stances, particularly when accompanied
with loss of flesh and strength, 10 be mis-
taken for consumption.
Treatment--The benefit of medical inhal-
stions combined with constitutions 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'
spiration that is necessary when using the
inhaler forces the medicated al. past any
| mucous obstruction, opens aud heals air
| cells that have become collapsed and in
| few days patients always experience less
difficulty in breathing.
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will be sent upon application.
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