Volume 1

The science and practice of medicine / By William Aitken ... From the 4th London ed., with additions, by Meredith Clymer.

  • William Aitken
Date:
1866
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Credit: The science and practice of medicine / By William Aitken ... From the 4th London ed., with additions, by Meredith Clymer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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    CHAPTER Till. On the Nature of Acute Specific or General Diseases, Specific Characters, or Specificity, of these Diseases, Origin of Acute Specific Diseases, .... An Active Principle exists in some Specific Diseases, Defined Periods of Incubation, .... Defined Periods of Development, .... Defined Periods of Defervescence and Convalescence, Modes of Propagation of Acute Specific Diseases, . PAGB 717 717 719 721 721 721 721 722 CHAPTER IX. Pathology of the Dietic Order of Zymotic Diseases, 724 Effects of Pood on the Animal Economy, 724 Certain Conditions necessary in the Adjustment of Dietaries, . . . 725 Nutritive Value of Foods in 100 Parts, 728 Dietaries and their Nutritive Yalues, 729 Nutritive Value of Poods (Letheby), 730 Nutritive Value of Salted Meats, Tea, and Coffee, 731 Effects of Overfeeding, 732 [Corpulence, 732 Symptoms, 733 Pathogeny and Causes, * . . . 733 Prognosis, 734] Mr. Banting's Management of Corpulence, 734 [Treatment of Corpulence, 735] Effects of Deficient Food, 737 Death from Starvation, 738 The TruckSystem, 740 CHAPTER X. Detailed Description of the Dietic Order of Zymotic Diseases, . 742 Scurvy—Scorbutus, 742 Definition of Scurvy, 742 Historical Notice of Scurvy, 742 Morbid Anatomy and Pathogeny of Scurvy, . . . . . 743 Drs. Christison's and Garrod's Theories relative to Scurvy, . . . 746 Symptoms of Scurvy, 747 Diagnosis of Scurvy, 751 Prognosis of Scurvy, 752 Causes and Conditions under which Scorbutus is Developed, . . . 752 Treatment of Scurvy, 757 Prevalence of Scurvy among Seamen in the Merchant Service (Foot-note), 758
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