Practical observations on the prevention of consumption : with statistical tables of the prevalence of the disease and of the comparitive salubrity of various places at home and abroad / by John Hogg.

  • Hogg, John.
Date:
1860
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Credit: Practical observations on the prevention of consumption : with statistical tables of the prevalence of the disease and of the comparitive salubrity of various places at home and abroad / by John Hogg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. CHAPTEE 1. iNTHODTTCTioiir -page 1. Prevalence of Consumption.—Its Nature unknown until lately.— Number of Death's from Consumption. — Its Fatal Effects, compared with Epidemics.—Eatal to Lower Animals.—Con- sumption a General, not a Local Malady. — Pathology.— Tubercle. — Opinions of Bayle, Stark, Andral, Laennec, Alison, Elliotson, Carswell. — Character of Tubercle. — Its Development, Seat, and Progress. — Pound occasionally in Aged Persons.—Opinions, as to its Cyst, of Alison, Bichat, Maearthy, Cruveillier, Key, Velpeau, — Tubercle sometimes absorbed. CHAPTEE IL PEEDisposiNa Causes page 16. Predisposing and Exciting Causes sometimes combined.—Here- ditary for the most part.—Weakly Parentage: opinions of Mason Good, Hilliet, Bemiss, Sir J. Clark, Howe, Dean Trench, Elliotson, on Consanguinity of Parents.—Unnatural Custom of Dry-Nursing. — Opinions of Merriman, Astley Cooper, Col. Smith, on the subject. — Age most prone to Consumption.—Precursors of the Disease.—Opinions of Todd and Ancell.— Certain Predisposing Signs. — Emaciation.— Bulbous Extremities of Fingers.—Progress of Physical Signs. —Mental Debility.—Hectic.— Cough.—Pulse.—Head-ache.— First deposition of Tubercle.—Opinions of Louis, Laennec, and Foumet.—Absence of Pain.—Unnatural Sense of Heat and Cold.—Tranquillity of Mind,