The Medical News, Vol. 57: A Weekly Medical Journal; July-December, 1890 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Medical News, Vol. 57: A Weekly Medical Journal; July-December, 1890In passing from this merely statistical return to the peculiarities of the pneumonias of the past season, I would first note the large preponderance of cases affect ing the right lung. I should be inclined to say that this side was affected at least twice as often as the left. There was also an unusual proportion of cases of apex pneumonia where the entire upper lobe was completely consolidated without implication of any other part. As usual in such cases, there seemed to be a special pre dominance of cerebral symptoms.It would appear that the association with pleurisy was even more constant and marked than usual. The side pain was often intense and sudden. The pleurisies were usually plastic; in one case, coming on With pneu monia immediately after exposure during convalescence, aspiration secured a pint and a half of pus on the third dav and a few ounces of sero-pus from the pericardium on the following day.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Read more