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Excerpt from Clinical Lectures on the Practice of Medicine, Vol. 2 of 2
Spasmodic asthma-the Bronchi capable of Spasmodic Contraction - Dr. Clutterbuck's Views as to the non-existence of this Disease proved to be erro meous - Not unfrequent in Young Persons - As regards Treatment, Asthma subject to most unaccountable Variations - Wheezing - Treatment of Asthma phthisis - Mortality caused by_tubercles - Do not cause Phthisis by pro ducing In?ammation - Scrofulous habit defined - The Pectoral Symptoms of Phthisis are caused by Scrofulous In?ammation - Causes of the Scrofulous Diathesis - Pathology of Tubercles - Causes of the Prevalence of Phthisis. Whatever produces tendency to the Lungs gives rise to Phthisical Development in the Scrofulous Habit - Scrofulous Bronchitis - Time of Life at which Phthisis most frequently occurs - Circumstances which increase the Liability to consump tion.
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