This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...until March 4th, when the 24th part of a drop of fluoric acid was ordered three times a day. On April 6th great improvement had taken place; the signs of the cavity had become much less evident; the sides appeared to be approaching each other; and pectoriloquy could no longer be detected. Case VII. Cavities in both ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...until March 4th, when the 24th part of a drop of fluoric acid was ordered three times a day. On April 6th great improvement had taken place; the signs of the cavity had become much less evident; the sides appeared to be approaching each other; and pectoriloquy could no longer be detected. Case VII. Cavities in both Lungs--Great Improvement under the use of Oxalic Acid. Mrs. G, setat. thirty-three, lost her mother and a brother from consumption. She had been ailing for some considerable period, but did not suffer much from cough until the last two years; it was generally accompanied by expectoration, hoarseness, and difficulty of breathing, deficient appetite, and irregular bowels. The catamenia, although scanty, has been regular. November 2nd I made an examination of the chest. Depression existed on both sides, and expansion was also deficient on both sides; dulness on percussion was more extensive over the upper part of the right side than on the left; a considerable gurgling rale and pectoriloquy were observed below the right clavicle, and over a smaller space below the left, with a harsh metallic respiratory murmur in the region of the larynx. Four grains and a half of oxalic acid and five minims of naphtha were ordered three times a day. I did not see her again until December 24th. As the medicine did her so much good, she thought it was unnecessary to call every week. The appetite was excellent, cough and expectoration much diminished, and she breathed with comfort; percussion yielded a clear sound over the left side, but still continued very dull over the right; the gurgling rale, which was heard over the right side, was now replaced by cavernous respiration, and that at the left could not be detected, its place being occupied by bronchial respiration...
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