Excerpt from Clinical Lectures on the Practice of Medicine, Vol. 2 of 2 Spasmodic asthma-the Bronchi capable of Spasmodic Contraction - Dr. Clutterbuck's Views as to the non-existence of this Disease proved to be erro meous - Not unfrequent in Young Persons - As regards Treatment, Asthma subject to most unaccountable Variations - Wheezing - Treatment of Asthma phthisis - Mortality caused by_tubercles - Do not cause Phthisis by pro ducing Inflammation - Scrofulous habit defined - The Pectoral Symptoms of Phthisis are caused by Scrofulous Inflammation - Causes of the Scrofulous Diathesis - Pathology of Tubercles - Causes of the Prevalence of Phthisis. Whatever produces tendency to the Lungs gives rise to Phthisical Development in the Scrofulous Habit - Scrofulous Bronchitis - Time of Life at which Phthisis most frequently occurs - Circumstances which increase the Liability to consump tion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.