DISEASES OF THE CHEST.
Cough, its artificial production, precautions, character in different animals. Cough in disease, strong, full, ringing, weak, short, broken, abortive, dry, rasping, croupy, small, husky, soft, humid, rattling, mucous, paroxysmal, sympathetic, wheezing, roaring, whistling, grunt, moan. Expectoration, nasal in horse, also buccal in other animals. Morbid expectoration, watery, viscid, cloudy, flocculent, purulent, rusty, cretaceous, parasitic, fœtid, varicolored, microbic. Expired air, warm, cool, vegetable odor, acid, fœtid, heavy. Respiration, number in health, alteration in disease, rapid, slow, tardy, short, catching, quick, deep, labored. Position, standing, lying. Pleuritic breathing, broken winded.
Before describing specific diseases, it is needful to consider the methods of physical diagnosis which enable the practitioner to differentiate the diseases of the chest. Some of the following remarks will bear equally on diseases of the nose and throat as well.