Medical handbook of life assurance, for the use of medical and other officers of companies / by James Edward Pollock and James Chisholm.

  • Pollock, James Edward.
Date:
1889
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Credit: Medical handbook of life assurance, for the use of medical and other officers of companies / by James Edward Pollock and James Chisholm. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    INDEX TO PARAGRAPHS. A. Abdomen, examination of, 51, 229. Abortions, 3CX). Accidents to obese, 332. Actuary, duties of, 11, 26. Age, affecting life assurance, 2, 56. general considerations, 56. in different diseases, 56. in phthisis, 58. of best risks, 57. of decline of vital power, 60. of gout, degenerations, 61. in urinary disease — apo- plexy, 61. great, 62. apparent and actual, 63. effect of on arteries, 118. relation of to weight, 328. Alcoholism (see Intemperance). Alcohol test for albumen, 276. Albuminuria, inheritance of, no. insurance rules on various forms of, 269 et seq. heart cases, 173. nephritis, 261. Bright's disease, 257 et seq. after scarlet fever, 260. amyloid kidney, 259. in health, 262 et seq. Albumen, tests for, 272 et seq. Alternative plans of rating lives, 401 et seq. Analysis of endowment assurance premiums, 368. Angina, 109. N Aneurism, hjemoptysis from, 189. physical signs of, 189, 190. Aphasia, 310. Apoplexy, its causes, 339, et seq. Artisans, 72. Assessment of risks, 11; Appendix I., Note A. role of Medical Ex- aminer, 9, 10, 371, 421. an art by itself, 422. Asthma, heredity of, 105. relation to rheumatism— gout, 106. Ascites, 234. B. Bell's paralysis, 312.. Bile in urine, 295. Biliary colic, 236. Bladder, disease of, 242^ Blood, tests for, 241. Blue line on gums, 39. Brain, softening of, 309. Bright's disease {see Kidney). Bronchitis, chronic in the old, 219, 220. possibility of insuring such, 221. Business men, 68. C. Cancer, hereditary, 98. prevalent form of, ages in, ,98. Casts in urine, 277.