An inaugural dissertation on the apoplexy. Submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost; the Trustees and medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania; for the degree of Doctor of Medicine; on the 19th. day of May, A.D. 1794 / By John Lamb, Jun. of New-York. ; [Two lines from the Iliad].

  • Lamb, John
Date:
1794
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on the apoplexy. Submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost; the Trustees and medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania; for the degree of Doctor of Medicine; on the 19th. day of May, A.D. 1794 / By John Lamb, Jun. of New-York. ; [Two lines from the Iliad]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    eas] occafion an impediment to the free return of the blood from the head. “th. Exposure of the feet to cold and wet, will prove a predifponent caufe, by producing a. feeble circulation, and diminifhing the quantity of blood in the lower extremities, which will be the means of making a greater determination of it to the head. } : to any one fubject, particularly if it fhould be of an abitrufe nature, will frequently occafion a de- termination of blood to the head; therefore, may prove a predifpofing caule of apoplexy. exciting a determination of blood to the head, from particular and accidental caules, not ealy to point out on all occafions. 4 THE EXCITING CAUSES. Tuese are fuch powers as when applied either ble of exciting a paroxy{m of apoplexy, particular- ly inthofe perfons who have a {trong predifpofition. to become affected with this melancholy difeafe. Their operation is either to increafe the momentum or velocity ef blood in its circulation through the mention fome of them.
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