Essays in heart and lung disease / by Arthur Foxwell.

  • Foxwell, Arthur.
Date:
1895
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    complications, general clinical picture, and mortality.—Hence a Constitutional Disease.—Less wide gap between other Acute Catarrhs and Pneumonia than between some Pneumonias.— Hence these other Catarrhs must also be included in the Constitutional Disease ..... Pp. 106-130 (B) Acute Laryngitis in Children. Merely a Symptom of many Diseases in any one of which it may either be Membranous or Catarrhal.—It occurs in Diphtheria, Measles, Enteric Fever, Scarlet Fever, &c.—Commonlicst as a variety of the constitutional state typified by Acute Pneumonia.— Diagnosis of its Cause.—Treatment by Antimony and Calomel. —Intubation and Tracheotomy . . . Pp. 131-15 3 (C) Acute Primary Peritonitis. Its occurrence undoubted though by many denied.—Illustrative Cases.—It belongs usually to the Constitutional Disease of which Acute Pneumonia is the most noteworthy expression Pp. 154-165 (D) Catarrhus. Pyrexia no essential of the Constitutional Disease discussed in the three preceding Papers.—The Nature of Pyrexia.—Definition of Catarrhus.—Reasons why various Local Lesions should be included under this heading: (i) They frequently occur together ; (2) sometimes one, sometimes another is the most prominent; (3) their course and duration are identical ; (4) their geographical distribution is closely allied ; (5) they are mutually contagious.—The Etiological Value of Pneumonococcus.—The Nature of the Catarrhus Germ.—Summary . Pp. 166-195 IV. ON CLIMATE. (A) The Davos and Engadine Valleys. Description of these and of some of their Hotels.—Analysis of the good points of an Alpine climate as exemplified in these valleys. —What Cases to send and when to send them . Pp. 196-223