Heads of lectures on general pathology.

Date:
[between 1830 and 1839?]
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Credit: Heads of lectures on general pathology. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HEADS OF LECTURES ON GENERAL PATHOLOGY. Of the properties and forces of living bodies. Latitude of Health. Idiosyncrarf^y. Temperament. Disease. De- finitions of it. Pathological and Nosological aspects of disease. General classification of morbid phenomena and conditions. ETIOLOGY. The causes of disease divided into— (a.) Those pertaining to the constitution and condition (permanent or temporary) of the body, termed disposition or predisposition; and (6.) Those which, operating on the body, are capable of causing morbid action, termed exciting causes. Predispositions may be Hereditary, or Acquired, and are connected often with the Period of Life, Sex, Nature and Degree of Activity of function in organs predisposed;