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Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on the Pathology and Treatment of Pulmonary Consumption: Also, Remarks Upon the Most Effectual Treatment of Other Obstinate Chronic Diseases
Pulmonary consumption is, undoubtedly, the consequence of a perverted condition of the general system, of a peculiar/r aha/raster; but the first process of development, that is usu ally discovered, as clearly indicating the nature of the dis ease, is the deposit or formation of a characteristic substance in the lungs. This is technically denominated tubercle, hence the name Tubercular Consumption, signifying the same thing as Phthisis Pulmonalis, and Pulmonary Consumption, but seldom used, except when physicians talk with each other, or wish to make a ?ourish in the presence of their patients, with out being understood. These tubercles vary, not a little, in size, form, color, and consistence. They are found no larger than millet-seeds and small peas, up to the size of a hen's egg; roundish or irregular in form; yellowish, gr'ayish, or dull dark brown; isolated or clustered in bunches; of a hard consist ence, or so soft and friable that they easily break down be tween the thumb and finger.
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