Medicine

Abstract

back as 1893, first called attention to this symptom, returns again to the subject. He suggested, and suggests, that the air expired by some of the victims of phthisis, or even some of those predisposed to the disease, especially when young, has a peculiar pathognomonic odour, and that this symptom or sign possesses true clinical value. Flat, sweetish, and repulsive, slightly reminiscent of putrid bronchitis, the odour does not seem to come from the sputum, for it can be recognised in cases where