Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-18
Health Talks by DR.. Brady
Hrnnrhlnl IicnrciInns.

Doctors these days are looking into the
bronchial tubes with the hronchoscopc. and
finding odds and ends lodged therein. such as
buttons. safety pins. teeth. PORTIONS OF arii
fetal doutur.s. and successfully removing
these accidentally Insulated or inhaled fnr-
ctsu bodies. 50 that happy rccorrrics are
often obtained which would have been out of
III" question generation ago. tn" use Of
the hrou"h"scoNo. however. * rather seri-
Gus 'Nuod'"ut r"sort"d to in grave or drspcr
nj" cases aud requiring cNCcptonanl Skill on
tn" part ui the doctor. II had bronchu-
scope simp" to use the str,huscopo j..
"" should hear much less OF bronchitis" and
bronchial trouble" for with such II diaE
uos'ir AID universally available. i, would soon
become apparent TO every on" that all that
produce, cough and soreness pain in tho
chest j. not bronchitis by auy means. When
the chest begins to whistl. or whcczc there
is som" ground for incriminatInc tho hron-
oh"I tubes. indeed. tho doctor with his
naked stcthosc"pe or his lightly clothed ear
listens tor fine whjstliur or wh"rziuE
and hears such music before ne can positive
~ determine that tho patient has bronchitis.
\ good half of all tn" cases oi alleged hruu-
rhtIs or "broucha trouble have never ut
t"r"d s!nH!" whoczc and arc Incorrectly
diagnosed. whether by tho patient himself or
by doctor "h" uses intuition or second sight
rather than ask Tia" patient - bare the chest
I" the waist for examination.
Acut" bronchitis is Very grave illness in
tho "lherls tho very Young ,houah sol
dom fatal ia vigorous adults !: Is often the
sequel 81 coryan. unfortunately w"ll-known
as cold lu tho head" but no more a'trihuta-
bic 10 cold or exposure in that sens" than
diphthcriA is. Sometimes acute bronchitis
prevails as an epidemic independent Of imnu.
'nzt or other Specific respiratory Infection.
Eui in most eases IL is q complication or =
feature q sequel 81 some SPECIFIC infect inris
dls"aS" such ns measles, whuopinG cough, ~
phoid fever malaria. tuberculosis. Per
sons much exposed 10 "!nclcm"nt' weather
aud to element are much less subject to
bronchitis than those who are carefully kept
indoors or who take "Ntravagant pr"caur!o ns
1" "urntcct" themselves from the weather.
T" think OF acute bronchitis as "A cold sot-
tied on tn" chest" as our henish,cd ancestors
did is a childish habit which folks ought to
"utrr"w, Ike fearing the dark.
Childrcm who arc kept constantly smo,hcrcd
in heavy clothing. particularly extra layers
ccrtiho t" bronchial inflammation. Were it
not for the absurd notion tina, cold can ''pcnc-
,'ato" tie chest wall -ct q, the bronchial
tubes az lungs. neither children adults
would g" in for chest protectors OF similar
""Gdiing. Tho one encouraging fact about
o"ddiiuS the throat and chcs, is that the
practice prevails invcrscly as the square OF
intelligence. Ia" greatest amount OF suppr
nwoUs clothing being hahttually worn by the
most isnoran, and suuorstitious classes when
ever the weather is not TO their liking
Notwithstanding dire warnings. il has
turned out that girls and women wearing less
than blush OH their chests in several kinds
of weather arc rather less susceptible to
bronchial troubles than their old-fashioned
mothers were