Synopsis and nosology : being an arrangement and definition of diseases / by William Cullen, M.D. Professor of the practice of physic in the University of Edinburgh ; Frst [sic] Physician to His Britannic Majesty for Scotland ; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh ; of the Royal societies of London and of Edinburgh ; of the Royal Society of Medicine of Paris, &c. &c. &c.

  • Cullen, William, 1710-1790.
Date:
MDCCXCII [1792]
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Credit: Synopsis and nosology : being an arrangement and definition of diseases / by William Cullen, M.D. Professor of the practice of physic in the University of Edinburgh ; Frst [sic] Physician to His Britannic Majesty for Scotland ; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh ; of the Royal societies of London and of Edinburgh ; of the Royal Society of Medicine of Paris, &c. &c. &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Se£t. II. In the vital functions. A. In the action of the heart. G. LIV. Palpitatio. A violent and irregu- lar motion of the heart. B. In the action of the Lungs. G. LV. Afihma. a defficulty of breathing, returning by intervals, with a fenfe of ftraightnefs in the breaft, and a noify re- fpiration with hifling, in the beginning of the paroxyfm there is either no ccugh at all, or coughing is difficult, but towards the end the cough becomes free, fre- quently with a copious fpitting of mucus. The idiopathic fpecies are, i Afthma (fpontaneum) without any mani- feftcaufe or other concomitant difeafe. 2. Afthma (exanthematicum) from the re- pulfion of the Itch or acrid eifufion. 3. Afthma (plethcricum) from the fuppres-