Lung Abscess
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Introduction.?There are many points in the aetiology and treatment of lung abscess that are still not fully understood. Hence, the writer decided to.study the records of the cases of lung abscess admitted and treated at the Kin? Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel. The material consists of fifty consecutive clinic*1' cases of lung abscess. Hippocrates thought that lung abscess was caused by inhalation of blood and mucus, and that spontaneous recovery occurred on ^ rupture into a bronchus. In the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, operation and drainage, througn the intercostal spaces, were reported by eminen surgeons. Trousseau (Lockwood, 1923) ^as alone in advocating palliative measures in tniera of radical surgery. This surgical mindedneS' towards lung abscess held the field till Murphy in 1898 analysed the position of surgery ant exposed the defects and limitations of surgica treatment; since the day of Murphy, lun= abscess is looked upon as a medical disease,, requiring expectant treatment in the majority
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