Statistics of consumption in Roxbury : read before the Norfolk District Medical Society of Massachusetts, at the Annual Meeting, May 17th, 1854 / (printed by vote of the Society) ; by B. E. Cotting ; with an appendix.

  • Benjamin Eddy Cotting
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1854
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Credit: Statistics of consumption in Roxbury : read before the Norfolk District Medical Society of Massachusetts, at the Annual Meeting, May 17th, 1854 / (printed by vote of the Society) ; by B. E. Cotting ; with an appendix. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [CIRCULAR.] The Norfolk District Medical Society will hold its annual meeting at Dedham, on the Third Wednesday, the 17th, of May next, at the Phoenix House in Dedham, at 11 o'clock, A. M. There will be no address on the occasion. There will be a general discussion upon Consumption, The attention of the fellows is especially requested to the following questions, in respect to this disease. I.—Is it increasing in a more rapid ratio than the population ? n.—Is there any tendency to its production in some years more than in others J III.—Is it more prevalent along water courses, or near to mill-ponds that are alternately raised and drained off? IV.—Has any effect been observed of any other kind of locality ? V.—Is it hereditary, and to what extent ? VI.—Are the children of intemperate parents more liable to it than others ? VH.—Are children who were nursed by consumptive females more predisposed to it? VIH.—What effect has the free use of alcoholic liquors upon the production of this disease ? IX.—What influence has sex in producing it ? X.—What influence have factory labors or any other employments or trades in producing, or accelerating, or retarding it ? XI.—How far is it influenced by the seasons ? XII.—How far influenced by change of climate ? XHI.—What climate is the most favorable ? XIV.—When is a change of climate most favorable ? XV.—.Docs sleeping with a tuberculous patient tend to produce it ? XVI.—Is the disease communicable from one to another in any way ? XVII.—What is the best treatment ? XVIH.—What is the effect of cod-liver oil ? By order of the President, EDWARD JARVIS, Secy. Dorchester, April 29, 18.31. N. B.—It is proper to state that the following paper was prepared without a knowledge of the extensive investigations, still progressing, of a respected colleague, and therefore has the value of independent testimony, if nothing more. jj_ j;% q#