Volume 1

The science and practice of medicine / by William Aitken.

  • William Aitken
Date:
1864
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Credit: The science and practice of medicine / by William Aitken. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE Remarkable Epochs in the History and Treatment of Small-pox, . 258 1. Therapeutic Curative or Sanative Treatment of Small-pox, . . 259 Dietetic and General Treatment, ..... 260 Means adopted to prevent Pitting, . ... . . 263 2. The Prophylactic, Sanitary, or Preventive Treatment of Small-pox, 263 Inoculation or Artificial Variolation, ..... 265 Cow-pox—Variolce Vacdnice, ...... 266 Definition and Pathology of Cow-pox, ..... 266 Communication of Human Small-pox to Cows, .... 269 Small-pox and Cow-pox Identical in Nature, .... 271 Vesicular Eruption of Horses as Sources of Variola, . . . 273 Symptoms of Natural Cow-pox, ...... 274 Primary Vaccine Lymph, ...... 276 Vaccikation, ........ 277 Legislative Enactments relative to Vaccination, .... 278 Nature of the Protection conferred by Vaccination, and the Evidence of its Existence, . . . . . . .281 How the Protective Influence of Vaccination has been Impaired, . 287 Ke-vaccination Advisable from time to time, .... 289 Protection Impaired by imperfect Vaccination, . . . .291 The Operation of Vaccination, ...... 292 Signs of Successful Vaccination, . ..... 294 Signs of Successful Re-vaccination, ..... 295 Characters of the Cicatrix after Vaccination, .... 295 Means of Estimating the Efl&ciency of Vaccination, . . . 297 Selection of Lymph for Vaccination, . . . . . 298 CmcK^N-Vox—Varicella, . . . . . . . 300 Definition and Pathology of Chicken-pox, .... 300 Symptoms and Diagnosis of Chicken-pox, . . . .301 Treatment of Chicken-pox, ...... 302 Miliary Fever—Miliaria, ....... 302 Definition and Pathology of Miliary Fever, .... 303 Symptoms of Miliary Fever, ...... 303 Treatment of Miliary Fever, ...... 304 Measles—Morbilli, ........ 304 Definition of Measles, ....... 304 Pathology of Measles, ....... 304 Diagram representing the Typical Range of Temperature in Measles, . 307 Symptoms of Measles, ....... 309 Characteristics of the Mild Form of Measles, . . . .310 Characteristics and Diagnosis of the more Severe Forms of Measles, . 312 Prognosis in Cases of Measles, ...... 313 SequelaB, Causes, and Propagation of Measles, .... 314 The Treatment of Measles, ...... 316 Treatment of the Pulmonary Complications in Measles, . . • 317 Scarlet Fever—Scarlatina, . . • • • ... 319 Definition of Scarlet Fever, 319
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