A contribution to the medical statistics of life assurance with hints on the selection of lives / by John Mann.

  • Mann, John.
Date:
1865
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Credit: A contribution to the medical statistics of life assurance with hints on the selection of lives / by John Mann. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    le a mother died at 49, of Phthisis. Secondary, a son at sSvatioi' 32,^ of White SwelHng. A second son at 28, of Apo- plexy. A daughter at 19, of Phthisis, following Child- birth. From my own personal observations and experience, I add two more groups illustrative of these Correla- tions of Disease. Primary, a father, after a course of intemperance 134 and extravagance worthy of a madman, died at about ^^'l' 30. Secondary, a son, after his arrival at maturity, by folly, extravagance, and intemperance, wasted his estate and his life by 34. An elder daughter died of Phthisis, about 24. A second daughter of Rapid Phthisis following Child-birth, at 21. A third daugh- ter of the same disease, at 19. A fourth at about 17. The first, third, and fourth of the daughters were also of weak mind. Primary, a mother, after having suffered at different Example periods of her life from Rheumatism, Bronchitis,^ Angina Pectoris, and Gout, finally was attacked with Cancer, and died at 70. Secondary, a younger sister of this lady died in early life of Phthisis. Her eldest son was attacked with Phthisis. A daughter suffered from Pott's disease, affecting the dorsal vertebrae. Another daughter died at 21, of Phthisis. By a careful observation of these correlations of 135 disease, we learn that diseases such as Rheumatism, J^«;'>^- Gout, Scrofula, and Insanity, which possess no numer-*^e of ical importance in a table of Fatal Diseases in theli'^nsfor- experience of Life Assurance; may, in their secondaryEise'^ transformations, actually contribute the largest propor- tion of deaths.