Principles of medicine : an elementary view of the causes, nature, treatment, diagnosis and prognosis of disease with brief remarks on hygienics, or the preservation of health / by Charles J.B. Williams.

  • Williams, Charles J. B. (Charles James Blasius), 1805-1889.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Principles of medicine : an elementary view of the causes, nature, treatment, diagnosis and prognosis of disease with brief remarks on hygienics, or the preservation of health / by Charles J.B. Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    dominance of sensibility and excitability of the excitomotory nerves over other vital functions, constitutes the nervous temperament, which is compatible with perfect health, although it predisposes the individual to diseases of a nervous kind. A preponderance of the nutritive func- tions renders a person florid and bulky, although in perfect health; but this carries with it a risk of exceeding the bounds of health, and of inducing plethora and obesity, to such an extent as to interfere with the well-being and order of the bodily functions, and so to constitute disease.