Practical suggestions for the prevention of consumption / by G. Calvert Holland.

Date:
1850
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    the present remarks : viz., the analysis of the con- sumptive predisposition, II. It is not easy to trace accurately the condi- tions of the system on which this predisposition depends. In most cases they are well marked and cannot be mistaken : in others, hovs^ever, they are at times so faintly perceived, or in other words, the conformation and appearance of the body present such striking indications of health, that it is difficult to detect the constitutional tendency to phthisis. To the eye of the intelligent professional inquirer such cases are rare; and as these remarks are addressed exclusively to the general reader, it does not fall within the scope of this investigation to ana- lyse distinctions, which might possibly be regarded as refined speculations, and could be appreciated only by the scientific few, III, Parents, independently of any just knowledge of those circumstances which distinguish the con- sumptive habit, have frequently an apprehension of its existence in their offspring from a variety of causes. Some branches of the family have probably died of the disease; or there may be occasional symptoms which awaken their suspicion: or this may arise from certain measures recommended from time to time by the medical attendant. It is often re- marked, ' that coming events cast their shadows before,' and this is peculiarly applicable to consump- tion. It is foreshadowed by a variety of conditions. To point out some of these is the object of the present inquiry.