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).

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

Material: vellum; 101 ff. 8vo.; leaf dimensions: width 11 cm, length 15 cm; written dimensions: width cm, length cm

MS.82

1 volume<br/><pages>The binding of this manuscript is very tight and the volume cannot be opened more than 90 degrees.<pages>10 leaves + 283 pages, [282] pages 8vo. 23 x 14 1/ ; 2 cm </pages><pages>On vellum, with 6 paper fly-leaves [16 century] of which four are blank. Modern vellum binding. </pages><pages>Some leaves appear to be missing between pages 86 and pages 87, between pages 90 and pages 91, and between pages 247 and pages 248. The pagination omits pages 201, jumping from pages 200 to pages 202.</pages><pages>The margins of the first fly-leaves have been repaired, and the figure on pages 65 is slightly rubbed. </pages><pages>pages 254-269 are on vellum of smaller format (18 1/2 x 12 cm), and this section and from pages 270 to the end appear to have been inserted, probably later. </pages><pages>There is an early 17th century foliation of 8 (pages 210) to 33 (pages 272). A new pagination has been added perhaps by a later 17th century owner, in which pages 201 has been dropped. </pages><pages>pages 63/64 is wrongly bound and should follow pages 72, and pages 73/74 should follow page 62.</pages>

Book of learned medical treatises with some additional practical texts (Miscellanea Medica XVIII).

Extracts from the Sakaa Thevan Saasteram or Book of Fate / translated from the Tamil language by the Rev. Joseph Roberts.

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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).

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

MS.82

Book of learned medical treatises with some additional practical texts (Miscellanea Medica XVIII).

Extracts from the Sakaa Thevan Saasteram or Book of Fate / translated from the Tamil language by the Rev. Joseph Roberts.

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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).

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

MS.82

Book of learned medical treatises with some additional practical texts (Miscellanea Medica XVIII).

Extracts from the Sakaa Thevan Saasteram or Book of Fate / translated from the Tamil language by the Rev. Joseph Roberts.

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