Title
"Homeopathic Treatment of Pneumonia", undated
Subject
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948
Description
Pneumonia
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives
Date
undated
Contributor
Ames, Frances Proctor, 1856-1948
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Format
image/jpeg
Language
en-US
Type
Text
Identifier
RG9-12-1043_1_7_007
Date Created
2022-02-08
Is Part Of
Frances Proctor Ames Papers, 1882-1948 (RG 9/12/1043)
LIB-UA041
Extent
6.3x8.6cm
Transcription
Homoeopathic Treatment of Pneumonia
Dr. J. W. Dowling, Professor of Diseases of the
Heart and Lungs in the Homoeopathic Medical College
of New York, says:
"There are two distinct sorts of acute pneumonia.
The one is due to extension of bronchial catarrh
from the air tubes to the lungs proper. This may
come from a cold, and generally does. It attacks
children, old persons, and people who are prone to
pulmonary diseases. This is the broncho-pneumonia,
and may be complicated with other troubles. This
exists at all times, but is more prevalent in cold,
damp, and changeable weather, and makes a shorter
finish of people who are predisposed to pulmonary
troubles, or who are on the road to the grave with
consumption, etc. The other form of pneumonia is
what is known as croupous pneumonia, and here the
disease starts directly in the lung, and the symptoms
are a severe chill, followed by fever and bloody spittle.
This form of pneumonia is infectious in so far as
it is the result of a specific poison which produces
pneumonia and nothing else. It is not contagious,
but does sometimes appear to be epidemic. I should
say that not over 10 per cent of those who are attacked
die of this complaint. This is a general estimate,
and it includes all those who are stricken down
in this city. In our school of practice," says the Doctor,
"we have been very successful in treating this
disease. Our treatment has been aconite, phosphorous,
and byronia, with flaxseed jackets and hot
fomentations in some cases. We are careful in avoiding
the morphine treatment and the administering of
stimulants, which the old school believes in. Only
this month I brought through an old lady seventy-six
years of age who was attacked with croupous pneumonia
involving the lower and middle lobes of the
right lung."
Dr. J. W. Dowling, Professor of Diseases of the
Heart and Lungs in the Homoeopathic Medical College
of New York, says:
"There are two distinct sorts of acute pneumonia.
The one is due to extension of bronchial catarrh
from the air tubes to the lungs proper. This may
come from a cold, and generally does. It attacks
children, old persons, and people who are prone to
pulmonary diseases. This is the broncho-pneumonia,
and may be complicated with other troubles. This
exists at all times, but is more prevalent in cold,
damp, and changeable weather, and makes a shorter
finish of people who are predisposed to pulmonary
troubles, or who are on the road to the grave with
consumption, etc. The other form of pneumonia is
what is known as croupous pneumonia, and here the
disease starts directly in the lung, and the symptoms
are a severe chill, followed by fever and bloody spittle.
This form of pneumonia is infectious in so far as
it is the result of a specific poison which produces
pneumonia and nothing else. It is not contagious,
but does sometimes appear to be epidemic. I should
say that not over 10 per cent of those who are attacked
die of this complaint. This is a general estimate,
and it includes all those who are stricken down
in this city. In our school of practice," says the Doctor,
"we have been very successful in treating this
disease. Our treatment has been aconite, phosphorous,
and byronia, with flaxseed jackets and hot
fomentations in some cases. We are careful in avoiding
the morphine treatment and the administering of
stimulants, which the old school believes in. Only
this month I brought through an old lady seventy-six
years of age who was attacked with croupous pneumonia
involving the lower and middle lobes of the
right lung."
Collection
Citation
“"Homeopathic Treatment of Pneumonia", undated,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed April 28, 2024, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/97480.