Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-05-22
v. N. DAVIS, Md,
M. C. P. s. o.,
Graduate of Chicago Homeopathic Col
lege, Chicago, and College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons of Ontario,
Toronto, Canada.
DIPLOMAS HANG IN OFFICE.
BRONCHITIS.

inflammation OF mucous membrane of
bronchial tubes. This disease may exist in
either toe acute or ironic forms.
Acute Bronchitis, like other infiamatory
affections Of the chest. generally arises as
the result of exposure to cold, particularly
II accompanied with damp. or OF sudden
change from a heated to cool atmosphere.
The symptoms vary according to the severi-
ty OF the attack, and more especially accord.
ing to the extent to which the iniiamatory
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 feyerishness 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, accompanied with rapid aud wheeE-
ing respiration, a feeling of rawness and pain
in the throat and behind the breast bone,
and of oppression or tghtness 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
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 expeetoration has been established the
more urgent and painful symptoms abate;
and while the cough may persist for length
of time, often extending for three or four
weeks. in the majority. OF instances conval'
escenee advances, and the patient is ultl-
mately restored to health, although there Is
not unfrequently left a 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 II
may exist altogether independently. II &C.
ours more frequently among persons ad-
vanced in life than among the young, al
though no age is exempt from it. II also
frequently occurs from the extension of
catarrh OF the throat to the bronchial tubes.
The usual history of this form Of bronchi-
tbs is that OF a cough recurring during the
colder seasons oi the yea, and in Its earlier
stages, departing entirely in summer, so that
1t Is 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 rs 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 expectoratiuii. and occasionally this
is so abundant rs To Constitute br0Hch0rred
The expectoration is often fntid.
Chronic bronchitis Is liable in some In
stances. particularly when accompanied
with loss of hesh and strength, to be mis-
taken for consumption.
Treatment-The benefit of medical inhal.
ations 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 that is necessary when using the
Inhaler forces the medicated 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.
II impossible to cali at office, a treatise
viii be sent upon application.