"Peripneumonia, and pleuritic affections, are to be thus observed: If the fever be acute, and if there be pains on either side, or in both, and if expiration be if cough be present, and the sputa expectorated be of a blond or livid color, or likewise thin, frothy, and florid, or having any other character different from the common... When pneumonia is at its height, the case is beyond remedy if he is not purged, and it is bad if he has dyspnoea, and urine that is thin and acrid, and if sweats come out about the neck and head, for such sweats are bad, as proceeding from the suffocation, rales, and the violence of the disease which is obtaining the upper hand."
This quote came from the ancient Greek physician, Hippocrates, who was describing what would later become known as pneumonia. In 1875, a man name Edwin Kleb discovered bacteria in the airways of people who had died from pneumonia, but did not know that was the cause of death. Only a few years later, Carl Friedlander and Albert Frankel found that this bacteria was cause of pneumonia, or Streptococcus pneumoniae. Today, we know pneumonia is a very serious disease that can be dangerous and must not be taken lightly.
This quote came from the ancient Greek physician, Hippocrates, who was describing what would later become known as pneumonia. In 1875, a man name Edwin Kleb discovered bacteria in the airways of people who had died from pneumonia, but did not know that was the cause of death. Only a few years later, Carl Friedlander and Albert Frankel found that this bacteria was cause of pneumonia, or Streptococcus pneumoniae. Today, we know pneumonia is a very serious disease that can be dangerous and must not be taken lightly.