The laws of life and their relation to diseases of the skin / by J.L. Milton.

  • Milton, J. L. (John Laws), 1820-1898.
Date:
1882
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Credit: The laws of life and their relation to diseases of the skin / by J.L. Milton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    pox as an Illustration. III. Eczema as an Illustration. IV. Ery- sipelas as an Illustration. V. Common Inflammation as an Illus- tration. LECTURE III. IIow is the Poison got rid of? 2. Is there anything in disordered actions which militates against the Theory ? 3. Will the Progress towards Recovery bear the same Explanation ? I. Recovery from Scarlatina as an Illustration; these Changes usually attributed to Elimination; Depression of vital Powers Considered. II. Recovery from Eczema as an Illustration; Eczema ascribed to a Blood Poison. 4. Will the Action of Remedies bear the same Explana- tion ? Recurrence of Disease when the System is under the Influence of a Remedy; Recovery under different Modes of Treat- ment ; Illustrations of the Way in which Remedies may be sup- posed to act: I. Scarlatina; II. Eczema; Attraction of vital Power into, instead of from the affected Part. III. Erysipelas. IV. Boils; The Vis medicatrix Naturae; Death without visible pathological Change as Evidence of the vital-Power Theory ; Sudden Death from Poison of contagious Diseases. LECTURE IV. The Alpha and Omega of Disease ; Death from Lightning ; Way in which Electricity acts; Death from Poison ; Generation and Expenditure of muscular Force ; Generation and Expenditure of nervous Force ; Muscular and nervous Force not present in the Ovum; Unity of Forces in the Frame; Influence of disordered Actions on Ovum; Complex Nature of Force communicated to Ovum ; Hereditary Nature of Diseases of the Skin ; Organisms ; Nature of vital Power.