Vicious circles in disease / by Jamieson B. Hurry.

  • Jamieson Boyd Hurry
Date:
1913
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Credit: Vicious circles in disease / by Jamieson B. Hurry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chapter {Thirteen (Ctrcfe ag a (Cauge of ©ea^B HE importance of the Circle as a factor which aggravates disease has been abun¬ dantly demonstrated in the previous pages. But it may be useful, under a special heading, to emphasise the frequency with which death results from this complication. The Circulus Vitiosus becomes the Circulus Necator (JflQ. XII*). Many years ago Bichat sought to distinguish between death by the heart, death by the lungs, and death by the brain. 1 Such a classification can no longer be accepted in the light of modern pathology, since we know that, by whichever gate-way danger first approaches, actual death results from the arrest of all the vital functions. Nevertheless, as a matter of convenience, we may associate deaths with the same triumvirate of vital organs, and describe : I. Deaths associated with the Vascular System. II. Deaths associated with the Respiratory System. III. Deaths associated with the Nervous System. 1 Recherches sur la Vie et la Mort.