Two memoirs read before l'Academie Royale des Sciences, at Paris, on the successful inhalation of diluted chlorine, in the early stages of pulmonary consumption, as a remedy capable of prolonging life : and of alleviating the distressing symptoms in the more advanced stages of that complaint : with cases illustrating the method of administering the gas, and shewing its beneficial effects / Translated from the French of M. Gannal by William Horatio Potter.

  • Gannal, J.-N. (Jean-Nicolas), 1791-1852.
Date:
1830
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Credit: Two memoirs read before l'Academie Royale des Sciences, at Paris, on the successful inhalation of diluted chlorine, in the early stages of pulmonary consumption, as a remedy capable of prolonging life : and of alleviating the distressing symptoms in the more advanced stages of that complaint : with cases illustrating the method of administering the gas, and shewing its beneficial effects / Translated from the French of M. Gannal by William Horatio Potter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    toms were all greatly ameliorated, the voice sonorous; he is gay and cheerful, his sleep is tranquil and prolonged. The patient, not paying attention to our advice, and tor- mented by hunger v^'hic]l we permitted him to satisfy in a reasonable manner, quits the prescribed routine, abandons his light diet, and eats whatever comes in his way, with- out any discretion. In fifteen days, (the latter end of March,) by the stimulus of too much food, indigestion was produced, and the lungs soon participated in the irritation thus caused, diarrhoea with fever now supers vened. On the ninth day, there was slight spitting of blood; four leeches to the anus, and a low diet stopped both the excessive alvine evacuations, and the bloody expec-r toration; the tongue however was covered with a thick fur, which was removed with difHculty. However, by again having recourse to the fumigations, the patient was restored in