Identifier: osteopathicfirst00feid (find matches)
Title: Osteopathic first aids to the sick : written for the sick people
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Feidler, Francis John
Subjects: Osteopathic medicine Osteopathic Medicine
Publisher: New York : Broadway Publishing
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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orse. ASTHMA. This disease is a paroxysmal, spasmodic con-traction of the smaller bronchial tubes of thelungs, caused by some irritation to the nerves;which may be from dust, pollen of flowers, pun-gent odors, drugs, dry climate, or injuries tothe spine or chest. The onset of the spasm is sudden, begins inthe afternoon or early morning hours, with afeeling of constriction in the chest, with an in-tense desire for air. There is loud wheezy breath-ing, the eyeballs protuding, the face flushed andbathed in perspiration, the sufferer gasps forbreath and feels that he is dying. After someminutes or hours the paroxysm gradually ceases,the patient being exhausted, and the chest feelssore. The sputum is peculiar resembling massesof gelatinous pellets. The remissions between attacks may be onlya few hours, or the paroxysms may be practicallycontinuous for a week. Asthma itself is never fatal, but it may lead tofatal hemorrhage, to permanent emphysema, orto enlargement of the heart with dropsy.
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FIGURE 49.TREATING THE SPLEEN.With the patient sitting on a stool, raise his left arm highabove the head with one hand, while pressing the thumb of theother hand between the ribs, where shown in the illustration.Continue the pressure of the thumb while you lower the armwith a backward circular motion. Treat three adjoining ribs inthe same manner, on the left side only. no THE HOUSEHOLD OSTEOPATH An impending attack can sometimes be pre-vented by drinking freely of strong black coffee.Or, a sudden, intense emotion, like a fright, orsudden pleasant surprise will sometimes checkthe spasm at once.. The inhalation of fumesfrom burning stramonium leaves will stop thespasm, but is bad for the eyes and intellect. Treatment for the paroxysm:—Loosen theclothing about the neck; stretch the deep musclesof the spine between the shoulder blades, fig. 31 ;inhibit the phrenic nerve, fig. 14; press firmlyon the chest for a minute and spread the ribs,fig. 28. Raise the ribs, fig. 47; raise the collar

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