A treatise on pulmonary consumption : comprehending an inquiry into the causes, nature, prevention, and treatment of tuberculous and scrofulous diseases in general.

  • Clark, James, Sir, 1788-1870.
Date:
1835
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Credit: A treatise on pulmonary consumption : comprehending an inquiry into the causes, nature, prevention, and treatment of tuberculous and scrofulous diseases in general. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    form which characterize the hereditary disease. But even when cachexia has been acquired after maturity, the peculiar pallid hue, approaching' to sallow, and the sunk and faded state of the features, are in general sufficiently well-marked to indicate the patient's condition. In persons of dark complexion there is an unvarying sallow, or rather leaden hue of the skin, and a dull pearly appearance of the sclerotica; and in the fair and florid, a pasty aspect of the countenance, alternating with the irregular red and white mottled appearance of the cheeks, passing often from the paleness of death to a dark purplish hue, in a way more easily recognized than described. In more advanced life, the pale, sallow cast of countenance, varying occasionally to a tinge of yellow, predominates, and marks the slowly ac- quired but deeply rooted constitutional disease.