A Gasoline Buggy-Write for Catalogue. Suspected Consumption. Query 335: I have a son who is 22 years old, and who seems to be in perfect health except that he spits some blood, not a great amount. He did the same for a few weeks last spring and then it seemed to have passed and he was not bothered until about two weeks ago when he began to spit blood again. He has no cough to speak of, and is apparently well and is working just at this time as a street car conductor, just commencing this week. He spent the winter in Oklahoma, returning home about the time the spitting of blood first showed. He is a perfect athlete in form and has a chest expansion of from four and one-half to five inches. His mother died with consumption over ten years ago and there have been no other cases in either family. I would like to know what you think causes the trouble and what you would suggest for its cure. He consulted a doctor here last year and the word was spread broadcast that he had consumption, and he does not wish to have this kind of a report go out again. Up to last year when he spit some blood he had been barbering, with the exception of about three weeks just when it first showed up, he went to the southern part of the state on a visit. While there he went hunting quite a good deal and was out in the weather quite a bit more than he was used to. He was advised by the doctor he consulted to quit the barber shop and work out doors and he got work and fired an engine in the yards of the Atlas Engine Co. of this city. He has had some kind of outdoor work ever since. Answer: Spitting blood does not always indicate consumption. The first thing to do is to discover if possible where the blood comes from. It may come from the throat or even the mouth, or it may come from the bronchial tubes or the lungs themselves. The blood that comes from the lungs is very apt to be mixed with frothy mucus. If, however, the blood is bright red, it must come from the throat or possibly the bronchial tubes. But the symptom of spitting blood is by no means a reliable symptom of consumption. With the chest expansion as great as your son has, I should be much more inclined to think a small vein or artery has been ruptured by his chest exercises. This is very common in athletes or people who are taking physical culture. The hemorrhage of the lungs may be produced by slight over-exertion of the lungs. If I were treating the case, however, I should be on the safe side by guarding against the possibilities of organic disease of the lungs. ENCLOSED please find $2.00 for two subscriptions to THE COLUMBUS MEDICAL JOURNAL, one for myself and one for my niece. I remain, MRS. H. B. 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