Lectures on the physiological laws of life, hygiene, and a general outline of diseases peculiar to females .. . last. Usually there isvery little pain, unless the disease is attended withpleuritis, then there is severe lancinating pain and dif-ficulty of breathing, with great anxiety of Chappman gives the following descriptionof consumption advanced stage: The cheeksare hollow; the bones prominent; the skin arid; thenose sharpened and drawn; the eyes sunken, with theadnata—whites of the eyes a pearl color, destitute ofvascularity—blood ; the lips retracted, so. as t
Lectures on the physiological laws of life, hygiene, and a general outline of diseases peculiar to females .. . last. Usually there isvery little pain, unless the disease is attended withpleuritis, then there is severe lancinating pain and dif-ficulty of breathing, with great anxiety of Chappman gives the following descriptionof consumption advanced stage: The cheeksare hollow; the bones prominent; the skin arid; thenose sharpened and drawn; the eyes sunken, with theadnata—whites of the eyes a pearl color, destitute ofvascularity—blood ; the lips retracted, so. as to producea bitter smile, and the hair thinned by falling out; the-neck wasted, oblique, and somewhat rigid or immova-ble; the shoulder-blades projected or winged; theribs naked or exposed, with diminution of the inter-costal spaces, and the thorax apparently narrowed; the LIFE AND HYGIENE. 189 abdomen flat; the joints, both great and small, seem-ingly enlarged, from the wasting of the integuments;the nails livid, and occasionally incurvated; the ex-tremities cedematous ; the augular points on which the. Bronchial Tubes and Blood Vessels of the Lungs. (After Hartshorne.) 1, left auricle; 2, right auricle; 3, left ventricle; 4, right ventricle; 5,pulmonary artery ; 6, arch of the aorta; 7, superior vena cava: 8, arteries ofinnominata; 9, left carotid artery; 10, left sub-clavian artery ; 11, trachea;12, larynx; 13, upper lobe of right lung: 14, upper lobe of left lung; 15,main trunk of the pulmonary artery ; 16, lower lobes of the lungs. body rests protrudes through the skin; the whole at-tended with a most afflicting cough, apthse, sore throat,difficult deglution and feeble whispering voice, or en-tire extinction of it. 190 THE PHYSIOLOGICAL LAWS OF It is useless to enlarge upon the symptoms, as thedisease is so common as to be understood by all, andone worthy of the most serious consideration of allmankind. It is a disease that is usually looked uponas being incurable; a di
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