A practice of physic: comprising most of the diseases not treated of in "Diseases of females," and "Diseases of children" (Volume 2).

  • Dewees, William P. (William Potts), 1768-1841.
Date:
1830
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Credit: A practice of physic: comprising most of the diseases not treated of in "Diseases of females," and "Diseases of children" (Volume 2). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS OF VOL. II. Page. CHAPTER XIX. Of the Diseases of the Chest, 397 Sect. I. Pneumonia, or Peripneumonia, 406 Cause of Pneumonia, 407 Symptoms of Pneumonia, or Peripneumonia, - - - 408 Anatomical Characters of Pneumonia, - 416 First Degree, (Obstruction,) 417 Second Degree, (Hepatization,) ib. Third Degree, (Purulent Infiltration,) - - - ib. Treatment of Pneumonia, 419 1. Of Blood-letting, 8cc. 420 2. General Evacuants, 428 3. Blisters, 430 4. Alteratives, ib. 5. Tonics, •- ib. 6. Tartar Emetic in Large Doses in Pneumonia, - 432 Sect. II. Pleurisy, 442 Of Simple Acute Pleurisy, 449 Prognosis, --------- 454 Acute Hemorrhagic Pleurisy, 457 Chronic Pleurisy, 459 Anatomical Characters, 460 Signs and Symptoms, - - ib. Of the Treatment of Pleurisy, 462 Sect. III. Phthisis Pulmonalis, or Consumption, .... 468 Causes of Phthisis, 477 Mode of Development, ib. 1. Miliary Tubercles, ib. 2. Granular Tubercles, or Miliary Granulations, - - 478 3. Gray Tuberculous Infiltration, .... ib. 4. Jelly-like Tuberculous Infiltration, - ib. Progress, 479 5. Encysted Tubercles* - - 480 Effects of Tubercles, 481 Of the Cause of Tubercles, 488 *' Acute Peripneumony, - ib. Chronic Pneumonia, 489 Catarrh, ib. Pleurisy, 490 Of the Depressing Passions as Causes of Phthisis, - 492 Is Phthisis a Contagious Disease? ... - 493 Of Hereditary Predisposition, 495 Of the Physical Signs of Tubercles, - - - - 498 Signs of the Softening of Tubercles, .... 499 Signs of the Complete Discharge of Tuberculous Matter, ib. Symptoms and Progress of Phthisis, .... 500