Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1892-12-04
CONSU MPTION.
By VIZ. w. HIBEARD, NJ. y.

The disease known az consum ption
or decline gets its significant name in
view OF tho wasting OF the body which
I've inasmuch as progressive smaciation
belongs to other affections.
The term pulmonary tuberculosis as
applied by physicians expresses the
character (tubercles) and seat (pulmon-
ary) oil the affection. OF all the mala-
dies to which the human race is sub
ject, none is more important and de-
structiye. In nearly every quarter Of
the globe it causes, exclusive OF those
diseases which prevail epidemically, q
larger number of deaths than any other
disease, and none more mercilessly
claims it's victims. The rich and the
poor, the high and the low, the black
and the white all yield to its destructive
influence. OF late years physicians
have been taking more and more inter
est in the study of tuberculosis, though
until quite recently it has not been we'll
understood and even now presents prob
lens not easily solved.
A great variety of symptoms are pres
ent in this affection. Some are mani
fest in one patient to a marked degree
while in another they may be entirely
absent. Individual cases, as it we're,
have individual symptoms. The disease
oftimes begins insidiously. Not infre-
quently for weeks and months there is
more or less OF a decline of the general
health, some loss of weight, the muscu-
lar strength grows less and the coun-
tenance becomes pale and anxious.
Dyspeptic conditions arise and the food
is poorly digested, cough is manifested
exciting at first little or no attention,
and the patient says he has taken
. slight cold.
Sometimes, however, the cough is
from the beginning prominent symp-
tom afterward becoming more severe,
whilst other symptoms are aggravated
and hemorrhage occurs. The lungs
now break down and there is coughed
up and expectorated the inflammatory
products OF the disease.
With the development and increase
OF these symptoms there follows ex-
haustion OF the patient and general de-
cline.
In some cases the patient takes what
is known as a severe cold, or has an at
tack OF the la grippe. He does not fully
recover from the same before he gets
fresh attack; this continuance impairs
him physically to that degree that what
was simply slight catarrhal condition
develops into a serious inf1ammatory
state involving the smaller bronchial
tubes and the lung tissue generally.
Occasionally case presents itself where
there has been simply complaint of
general debility and there is no cough
or expectoration, but from come active
exercise hemorrhage from the lungs
occurs.
Other signs OF consumption are pains
at the summit as well as other portions
of the lung, chills and fever, mot refer
able to malaria hemorrhage, mot al
ways, however, associated with tuber-
cle), hoarseness, buoyancy of the mind
instead OF dependency, night sweats,
etc.
The disease from time to time has
been divided by different authors into
certain stages. A convenient and easy
classification is:
LIST. Incipient Consumption, End.
Catarrh OF the Bronchi the smaller bron-
chial tubes with the deposition OF
tubercles. 3rd, Destruction OF lung
tissue in consequence OF morbid pro-
cesses and with these changes the for
nation Of cavities.
The matter expectorated il examined