Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-05-27
v. N. DAVIS, Md,
NJ. @. P. s. TO-.
Graduate of Chicago Homeopathic Col
lege, Chicago, and College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons of Ontario,
Toronto, Capada.i
diplomas HANG TN OFFICE
DIPLOMAS HANG IN OFFICE
BRONCHITIS.

inflammation of mucous membrane of
bronchial tubes. This disease may exist in
either the acute or @ ironic forms.
Acute Bronchitis, like other infiamatory
affections Of the cnest, generally arises as
the result of exposure to cold, particularly
II accompanied with damp. or of sudden
change from heated to q cool atmosphere.
The symptoms vary according 10 the severi-
ty Of the attack, and more especially accord
Ing to the extent to which the infamatCry
action spreads IN the bronchial tubes. The
disease usul ally manifests itself at first in the
form of q catarrh, or common cold, but the
accompanying feverishness and general con
stitutional distu fbance proclaim the attack
to be something more severe, and symptoms
denoting the onset q tSon, soon pre-
cough, accompanied with rapid and wheel
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
Alter 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 abate.
and while the cough may persist for a length
of time, often extending for three or four
eseence advances, and the patient Is ulti
mRtely restored to health, although there Is
not unfrequently left tendency to a 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. 1t oc
ours more frequently among persons ad
vanced in life than among the young, al
though no age Is exempt from It. 1t also
| frequently occurs from the extension of
| eatarrh of the throat to the bronchial tubes.
The usual history of this form of bronchf-
| tbs 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 1t, however, attacks are
| apt to be excited Mt any time by very slight
| causes, such MS changes in the weather; and
| in advanced eases Of the disease the cough
| Is seldom altogether absent. Fehrile 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 expectoratinn, and occasionally this
| Is so abundant us TO constitute br0Reh0rred.
/ The expeetoratton is often fmtid
Chronic bronchitis is liable in some in
| stances, particularly when accompanied
/ with loss of flesh aud strength, to be mis-.
/ taken for consumption.
Treatment-The benefit of medical inhal-
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
/ to the seat OF the disease, facilitate expecto-
\ ration and ease the cough. The deep in
/ SEPARATION that is necessary when using the
| inhaler forces the medicrted all past any
mucous obstruction, opens and heals afr
| cells that have become collapsed and in a
| few days patients always experience less
| difficulty in breathing.
If impossible TO call at office, treatise
| will be sent upon application.
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CONSULTATION FREE.
Office hours A. NJ. to 1890 P. NJ; 3P. NJ.
to 6:30PM
w. NJ. DAVIS, Nj. D.,
4h,x N. Spring street. over PEG.