Theses medicae de dyspnoea

[...must have recourse] to sinapisms and cauteries.

XXIX.

But if concretions or stones have adhered to the lungs, they must first be dissolved as much as possible by temperate and moistening agents, and then removed just as other humors are. The method for crude tubercles is nearly the same.

XXX.

When, however, this constriction depends upon the dryness of the lungs, it must be corrected with moistening and soothing pectoral remedies. Likewise, if coldness is the cause, it must be altered by warming agents.

XXXI.

All these things ought to be administered appropriately both externally and internally. They are most beneficial, however, when taken in the form of a linctus or lohoch, or drawn into the chest like vapor through the mouth and nostrils.

XXXII.

I have judged that no mention of particular remedies should be made here, for the reason that these are obvious everywhere, and because they must also vary infinitely according to the infinite variety of the sick. For no single remedy can be suitable for everyone.