Abstract
Pneumonia in children may be divided into two classes: croupous pneumonia and broncho-pneumonia. There has been a number of different names given to these two forms, viz., croupous, lobar and fibrinous pneumonia for the first; and catarrhal, or pneumonia, bronchitis, and broncho-pneumonia for the second. A great deal of confusion has arisen on account of the various names applied to the second class. Catarrhal is not altogether correct, for other tissues than mucous membranes are greatly affected. Indeed, Neimeyer says: As no mucous membrane with mucous glands exist in the pulmonary vesicles, the name, catarrhal pneumonia, is not quite applicable to the disease in question. The name lobular or insular pneumonia should not be used because it neither includes or suggests the bronchial inflammation which is always present. Neither capillary bronchitis nor bronchiolitis is an exact term, as inflammation of the bronchi is rarely found
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