. A practical treatise on medical diagnosis for students and physicians . mj^ \4 FIG. 2.—Posterior Aspect. \ \ y. Pneumothorax (left-sided). PNEUMOTHORAX, 917 becomes hectic; there are chills luid sweats, pyaemia develops, and deathis likely to occur Ironi some intercurrent suppuration, as cerebral abscess. Physical Signs. The physical signs arc the same as in acute effusion. After chronic elfnsion the chest is rarely restored to its original shape,even if the effusion is finally absorbed. The affected side becomes motion-less and retracted. In course of time the spine may be bent. Theopposite
. A practical treatise on medical diagnosis for students and physicians . mj^ \4 FIG. 2.—Posterior Aspect. \ \ y. Pneumothorax (left-sided). PNEUMOTHORAX, 917 becomes hectic; there are chills luid sweats, pyaemia develops, and deathis likely to occur Ironi some intercurrent suppuration, as cerebral abscess. Physical Signs. The physical signs arc the same as in acute effusion. After chronic elfnsion the chest is rarely restored to its original shape,even if the effusion is finally absorbed. The affected side becomes motion-less and retracted. In course of time the spine may be bent. Theopposite lung becomes hypertrophicd. The patient is usually in precari-ous health, liable to acute attacks of pain in the affected side, and liablealso to be carried off by phthisis or some intercurrent affection. Rarelythe patient may maintain good health; complete cure is even possible,with restoration of the retracted side to, or almost to, normal dimensions,especially in children. Pneumothorax. Pneumothorax consists in an accumulation of air in the pleural cavity,accompanied or followed by an outpouring of fluid
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