Excerpt from The Nature, Causes, Symptoms, and Cure of Diseases of the Throat and Lungs: The Differences Between Bronchitis, Clergyman's Sore Throat, and ConsumptionConsumption, commonly called a Decline, and by physicians Phthisis, is a gradual wasting away of the lungs, by which they become disorganized or rotten, and are spit out of the mouth in the shape of yellow matter, which, as the disease advances, usually sinks in water, and in three cases out of four, is, or has been, more or less tinged with blood at various intervals.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.