A treatise on the principles and practice of medicine . AND BRONCHI The mechanism of the asthmatic paroxysm is explained as: (a) Aspasm of the bronchial muscles; Trousseau spoke of asthma as an epi-lepsy of the lungs. (6) Like the exudative diatheses, e. g., urticaria,angioneurotic edema, intermittent hydrops of the joints, eczema, colicamucosa, etc. (c) An acute exudative bronchitis, causing bronchial spasm.(d) Meltzer suggests that it is an anaphylaxis. Its pathology is uncertain,as but half a dozen autopsies are recorded; the ciliated epithelium isdesquamated, the bronchioles are congested
A treatise on the principles and practice of medicine . AND BRONCHI The mechanism of the asthmatic paroxysm is explained as: (a) Aspasm of the bronchial muscles; Trousseau spoke of asthma as an epi-lepsy of the lungs. (6) Like the exudative diatheses, e. g., urticaria,angioneurotic edema, intermittent hydrops of the joints, eczema, colicamucosa, etc. (c) An acute exudative bronchitis, causing bronchial spasm.(d) Meltzer suggests that it is an anaphylaxis. Its pathology is uncertain,as but half a dozen autopsies are recorded; the ciliated epithelium isdesquamated, the bronchioles are congested and there is eosinophilicexudation. Symptoms.—The attack begins very suddenly, often at night andwith or without such causes as fright, cold, heat, change of residence,etc. Sometimes there are prodromes, as conjunctivitis, coryza or flat-ulence and sometimes the attack coincides with the menses, (a) Dysp-nea is the first and the essential symptom; at first slight, it soon becomesurgent; the patient opens the windows, sits upright, grasps the arms of.
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