lungs

Too often it does not confine its ravages to the external parts, but it attacks the vital parts; when it affects the lungs it is called consumption, and I wish this to be particularly understood, that _consumption is neither more nor less than scrofula of the lungs_.

Observations on the Causes, Symptoms, and Nature of Scrofula or King's Evil, Scurvy, and Cancer With Cases Illustrative of a Peculiar Mode of Treatment John Kent

The quantity of air which we take into our lungs at each inspiration, is about 40 cubic inches, which contain a little less than 10 cubic inches of oxygen; and of those 10 inches, one-eighth is converted into carbonic acid gas on passing once through the lungs*, a change which is sufficient to prevent air which has only been breathed once from suffering a taper to burn in it.

Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments 1813

This last bit about the pathological changes in the lungs is a key difference between this infection and influenza.

Medpundit 2003

This last bit about the pathological changes in the lungs is a key difference between this infection and influenza.

Archive 2003-04-01 2003

From personal experience, taking better care of a child's lungs is a far better investment than spending money on treating the lifelong damage that bad air will contribute.

Bill Davenhall: Busy Roads, Air Pollution and Environmental Health Risks Bill Davenhall 2010

If you think a broadhead in the lungs is less lethal than a 30-06 in the lungs?

Two Shotguns Equal One Bow? 2009

His diagnosis: diaphragmatic eventration, a congenital defect of the diaphragm or muscle that separates the lungs from the abdominal organs.

Diaphragmatic eventration 2010

If you think a broadhead in the lungs is less lethal than a 30-06 in the lungs?

Two Shotguns Equal One Bow? 2009

His diagnosis: diaphragmatic eventration, a congenital defect of the diaphragm or muscle that separates the lungs from the abdominal organs.

Diaphragmatic eventration 2010

Thomas Spray, MD: Sometimes if the artery to the lungs is quite small, it's enlarged by opening it and putting a small patch over it to make it bigger so blood can easily get to the lungs.

Tetralogy of Fallot — TOF Surgery 2010