A practical manual for the preservation of health and the prevention of diseases incidental to the middle and advanced stages of life. Particularly rheumatism, gout, stone, gravel, apoplexy, asthma, pulmonary consumption, & c / by Arthur Clarke.
- Clarke, Arthur, Sir, 1773-1857.
- Date:
- 1824
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A practical manual for the preservation of health and the prevention of diseases incidental to the middle and advanced stages of life. Particularly rheumatism, gout, stone, gravel, apoplexy, asthma, pulmonary consumption, & c / by Arthur Clarke. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![times, however, inflammation does occur, when it is for the most part rapid] y fatal. The strongest external conformation then, by which a predisposition or ten- dency to apoplexy may be known, is a short thick neck, a large head,* and great corpulence.t A pre-disposition, however, to apo- plexy, arising out of an internal con- formation, often exists in families * A short thick neck and a large head, imply a larger flow of blocd to the brain, and, perhaps, a mechanical impediment to its return from the short turns which the vessels must make in passing out of the skull. + Great corpulence pre-disposes to apoplexy, by the fat pressing upon the vessels of the abdomen, and fercing a greater quantity of blood to the head ; and by impediug respiration.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33028795_0031.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
