A treatise on the principles and practice of medicine . by moretoxemia, higher temperature, pulse and respiration. Bronchial breath-ing is more frequent; there is less dulness, less luxation and less often follows pneumonia, where, in the majority of cases, the empyemais more benign; tuberculosis is less frequently causative in children. Issue.—1. Resorption.—Even purulent pneumococcic pleurisy mayexceptionally resorb in part without operation or rupture, leavinginspissated caseous accumulations. Serous pleurisies may be absorbedafter three to six months, during which time persiste
A treatise on the principles and practice of medicine . by moretoxemia, higher temperature, pulse and respiration. Bronchial breath-ing is more frequent; there is less dulness, less luxation and less often follows pneumonia, where, in the majority of cases, the empyemais more benign; tuberculosis is less frequently causative in children. Issue.—1. Resorption.—Even purulent pneumococcic pleurisy mayexceptionally resorb in part without operation or rupture, leavinginspissated caseous accumulations. Serous pleurisies may be absorbedafter three to six months, during which time persistent friction is commonover the lower chest. A proteolytic ferment in the white cells dissolves PLEURISY 463 the fibrin and the serum is taken up by the lymph- and reports a case of serous pleurisy, in good health after ten years,which was tapped over 100 times and 230 liters removed. 2. Adhesions.—The thickness of pleural adhesions is more importantthan their extent. Universal obliteration of the pleural sac by thin Fig. 33. Fig. 34 Fig. 35
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