Medical term for predicting the likely outcome of one's current standing

An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813?, after R. Newton.

A physician holds up a urine flask to the light, while another scholar reads the properties of urine from a book. Woodcut, 1531.

An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by A.M.D. after R. Newton.

A doctor and colonel discussing the medical prognosis of the new (modern) woman. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1895.

A doctor tells an obese lady all the possible horrendous diseases she might have. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

Des phénomènes précurseurs et de l'invasion de la maladie sous le point de vue pronostic : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 3 décembre 1841 / par Pierre (Stanislas).

Material: vellum; ff. iii + 134 + iii.; leaf dimensions: width 25cm, length 17.5cm

MS.85

Material: vellum; 140 ll. 8vo.; leaf dimensions: width 18cm, length 12.5cm

MS.86

Dangerousness : probability and prediction, psychiatry and public policy / edited by Christopher D. Webster, Mark H. Ben-Aron, Stephen J. Hucker.

Material: vellum; ff. iii + 97 + iv.; leaf dimensions: width 20.5 cm, length 32 cm

MS.84

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Des phénomènes précurseurs et de l'invasion de la maladie sous le point de vue pronostic : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 3 décembre 1841 / par Pierre (Stanislas).

MS.85

MS.86

Dangerousness : probability and prediction, psychiatry and public policy / edited by Christopher D. Webster, Mark H. Ben-Aron, Stephen J. Hucker.

MS.84

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Des phénomènes précurseurs et de l'invasion de la maladie sous le point de vue pronostic : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 3 décembre 1841 / par Pierre (Stanislas).

MS.85

MS.86

Dangerousness : probability and prediction, psychiatry and public policy / edited by Christopher D. Webster, Mark H. Ben-Aron, Stephen J. Hucker.

MS.84

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