On breathlessness, especially in relation to cardiac disease / by Sir Lauder Brunton.

  • Brunton, Thomas Lauder, Sir, 1844-1916.
Date:
1905
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Credit: On breathlessness, especially in relation to cardiac disease / by Sir Lauder Brunton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with the expansion of the lungs (Fig. 10). Food must be chosen which will not cause flatulence, and this is one advantage, though by no means the only one, of a milk diet. Carminatives Fig. 10. Diagram to illustrate the effect of distension of the stomach on the heart. The dark lines show the natural position of the organs. The dotted lines indicate their position when the stomach is distended. must be used to bring the wind away when it is present, and the relief they give is sometimes wonderful and almost instantaneous. In order to complete this paper I ought perhaps to have discussed the action of nitrate of amyl and other vaso-dilators ; but this address is already too long, and, in conclusion, gentle- men, I have to thank you for the patience with which you have listened to it, and for the honour you have done me in asking me to give it.