A statistical nosology : comprising the causes of death, classified and alphabetically arranged, with notes and observations for the use of those who return the causes of death under 26 Vic., Cap. II / issued by authority of the Registrar-General for Ireland.

  • Ireland. Registrar-General.
Date:
1864
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Credit: A statistical nosology : comprising the causes of death, classified and alphabetically arranged, with notes and observations for the use of those who return the causes of death under 26 Vic., Cap. II / issued by authority of the Registrar-General for Ireland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Names to be used. Other Names. chlorosis, after intermittents, in scurvy, and in the impoverished state of blood produced by inadequate nourishment; which should always in such cases be registered as well as the dropsy. When partial dropsy occurs from the obstruction of a vein or veins, it should be so stated. The effusions in pleurisy, pericarditis, and other inflammations of serous membranes, should be registered “Pleurisy with serous effusion,” &c. A distinct name is, however given to this form of pleurisy—“empyema.” “ Beriberi” is allied to dropsy (Dr. Wells, Dr. Blackall, Dr. Watson.) Ex.—Anasarca, great dilatation and hypertrophy of heart (p.m.) Dropsy, 2 years; erysipelas, 9 days. a. Dropsy (acute). Inflammatory dropsy; febrile dropsy. b. Dropsy, with Granular (95). Disease of Kidneys. c. Heart Disease, with (59 and 60). Dropsy. d. Hydrothorax. Water on the chest. See “ Em¬ pyema.” (70 b.) Is generally a symptom of heart disease, which should be registered. e. Hydropericardium. Dropsy of the heart sac; water in the pericardium, see note d. f. Ascites. Dropsy in the belly. The ascites arising from a peculiar disease (cirrhosis) of the liver, or from chronic peritonitis, should be carefully distinguished from general dropsy, which involves the abdomen with other parts of the system. See 90. g. Hydrocele. Water in the tunica albuginea. A troublesome disease, but can scarcely be a cause of death, except when an operation is performed for its removal. h. Ovarian Dropsy. Hydrops ovarii. (Dr. Seymour). Ex.—Ovarian dropsy, 3 months. i. Chronic Hydrocephalus. This term should be applied exclusively to the chronic dropsy of the head. (See 4(1). Ex.—Congenital hydrocephalus (age 8 days). 31. a. Abscess. Abscessus. b. Purulent deposit. Purulent infiltration ; phlebitis. Pus is deposited in the serous sacs, the brain, the lungs, the liver, and other parts of the bod}; after inflammation of the veins, surgical operations, child¬ birth, erysipelas, typhus, scarlatina, &c. The diseases which appear to have led to the formation of the deposits should be registered. Abscess is a frequent termination of local inflammations; to which and the abscess, the death, in such cases, must be ascribed. Psoas abscess, lumbar abscess, and abscesses which form without the visible signs of inflammation, are generally scrofulous affections of the joints and glands. Abscess under omentum; effusion into peritoneum ; peritonitis, 10 days (p.m.) 32. a. Ulcer of—* Ulcus. b. Caries of —* Ulcer of the bone. c. Fistula in —* Ex.—Fistula, — years. * The part to be stated here.