A demonstration of the curability of pulmonary consumption : in all its stages. Comprising an inquiry into the nature, causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention of tuberculous diseases in general / By Wm. A. M'Dowell, M.D.

  • M'Dowell, William A. (William Adair), 1795-1853.
Date:
1843
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Credit: A demonstration of the curability of pulmonary consumption : in all its stages. Comprising an inquiry into the nature, causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention of tuberculous diseases in general / By Wm. A. M'Dowell, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    the while, with no change but a gradual augmentation of the dose, from 16 up to 50 or 100 drops, two or three times a day. 256. I have treated one well marked case of acute phthisis, which yielded under treatment with taraxa- cum and sanguinaria, and regulated regimen, without requiring any other remedy. External tubercles after- wards occurred; a circumstance that renders the case worthy of being briefly detailed: 257. Case. July 18, 1841: Visited , aged 10. Complains of pain under right scapula, shooting through to the clavicle; has harassing cough, with copious curdy tuberculous expectoration. Has not been able to lie down for several days; sleeps sit- ting up; pulse frequent and feeble; tongue clean red and moist; bowels loose, discharges pale yellow; no appetite. 258. He had measles in February; caught cold, and was subject to cough until April, when hooping- cough supervened; was then sent to the country, whence he had returned two days before my visit. Percussion elicits dull resonance from the right clavi- cular, scapular, inter-scapular and axillary regions. Auscultation detects gurgling rattle in the right supe- rior lobe, crepitus in the inferior, indistinct pectorilo- quy below the clavicle. On the left resonance good on percussion, respiration puerile. Prescribed decoction of taraxacum four times a day; a blister plaster ^ by 9 inches applied down the spine in the inter-scapular space; vinegar whey, exclusively, for diet and drink. 24th. Pulse fuller, softer and less frequent; tongue better, cough less harassing, expectoration purulent.