Bronchiectatic Lung Abscess: Operation-Recovery.

The nonspecific, subacute and chronic lung suppuration may, from the standpoint of the clinician, be conveniently classified as (1) typical bronchiectasis; (2) bronchiectatic lung abscess, and (3) ordinary lung abscess. According to Virchow, Biermer and others, typical bronchiectasis is, on the whole, a rare condition (4 per cent, of all postmortems). In his clinic, Sokolowski found bronchiectasis, with distinctly marked symptoms, relatively seldom; in his hospital station, with from 400 to 500 patients yearly, he saw it only a few times. In the practice of one of us, which is restricted to pulmonary tuberculosis, it occurs not more frequently than once or twice a year. Some years, one or two cases will come under observation; the next year, perhaps no case. It is thus seen that the condition is infrequent. Typical acquired bronchiectasis rarely occurs in children. However, it is not infrequently congenital. It is found more often in young