A practical treatise on phthisis pulmonalis : embracing its pathology, causes, symptoms and treatment / by L.M. Lawson.

  • Lawson, L. M. (Leonidas Merion), 1812-1864.
Date:
1861
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    of phthisis in the United States, an account of the Geography of the disease, in a general sense, has been introduced; and the sub- ject of a change of climate has been carefully considered in its relations to the different stages of the constitutional and local mor- bid conditions. It has been attempted, also, to furnish an outline of the whole subject of Tuberculosis, embracing the principal facts which have been clearly established by the concurrent observations of the profession. The most prominent theories of the pathology of phthisis have been noticed, with remarks on their intrinsic merits, to which is added my own opinions. I have made an attempt to systematize the therapeutics of phthi- sis, according to the different stages of the disease, thus placing the whole treatment, as far as practicable, on a scientific basis. Particular reference has been made to the forming or precursory stage, which, it appears to me, has been too much neglected by systematic writers. Having for a number of years past been thrown somewhat largely into the treatment of phthisis, in all its aspects, in public institu- tions and private practice, I have been enabled to form opinions for myself in reference to the treatment of the disease, and these opinions have been candidly stated in the succeeding pages. And while due respect has been paid to the views of others, I have not hesitated to indicate my own preference for particular modes of treatment, based on personal observation and experience. Finally, whatever defects may be observed in the literary exe- cution of this work, I must plead in extenuation, at least in part, constant and extensive professional engagements, which have pre- vented that careful revision of manuscript which might otherwise have been made. L. M. Lawson. Cincinnati, November, 1860.