It is a manufactory at once of the phthisical, the insane, and the criminal. |
The sputum of phthisical patients is the vehicle by which the tubercle gains access to the air. |
Moreover, the sexual appetite is very pronounced in phthisical patients. |
Wherever scrofulous and phthisical diseases are known, there also are found cases of tabes mesenterica. |
As a part of the phthisical process in diabetes, cavities of various sizes are found and gangrene of the lungs has been observed. |
This latter is particularly inimical to phthisical sufferers. |