The natural history and relations of pneumonia : its causes, forms, and treatment : a clinical study / by Octavius Sturges and Sidney Coupland.

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1890
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    CHAPTER XIII EPIDEMICS PAGE Prevalence of epidemics in past times-The Iceland epidemic of 1863—Records of village epidemics—The Middlesbrough out- break, 1888—Outbreaks in prisons, reformatories, &c.—The ques- tion of contagion—Influenza as a precursor . . • -257 CHAPTER XIV CONGESTION AND OTHER CONDITIONS DISTINGUISHABLE FROM PNEUMONIA ' Congestion of the lungs '-Pulmonary cedema-Hypostatic conges- tion-Illustrations-Brown induration and its association with cardiac disease-Collapse, lobular and lobar; their differentiation ^ from pneumonic consolidation . . • • ' • • ^7 PART III ETIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY CHAPTER XV ETIOLOGY.—I. WEATHER AND CLIMATE Many < extrinsic' causes of pneumonia are predisposing-Comparison with bronchitis-Seasonal (monthly) incidence-Cold per se not sufficient-Rainfall-Wind-Discrepancies in statement on this head-Barometrical pressure-Imperfect knowledge of relation- ship between meteorological conditions and the disease CHAPTER XVI ETIOLOGY.-II. INFLUENCES OTHER THAN WEATHER AND CLIMATE Alcoholism-Sewer-gas poison-Starvation-Mental or ^o^MiS^e -Influenza-External violence-Contagion-Obscure ougin . :