Heads of a course of lectures on pathology, therapeutics and materia medica : delivered in the Medical School of Guy's Hospital / by James Curry.

  • Curry, James, -1819.
Date:
1804
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Credit: Heads of a course of lectures on pathology, therapeutics and materia medica : delivered in the Medical School of Guy's Hospital / by James Curry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    from the nature of the soil:—effedts of land winds In general, and of Marsh Miasmata in particular.—En- quiry into the chemical nature of these last. XXVI. Of Contagion, or the morbific matter produced by the living body.—Difference between Con-*, tagion and Infcflion pointed out ;—and mutual misappli- cation of the terms shewn.—Distinction of Contagions— as generated de novo, in crowded, ill ventilated, and un- cleanly situations; or,—as multiplied by a morbid process ■under certain states of disease and circumstances charac- terizing the disorders to which they respectively give rise—-Difference of Contagions as—vaporous, or tangi- ble,—permanent, or easily destructible. — Circum- stances in which Contagions differ from chemical or other morbific agents.—Anticipating or suspensive ope- ration of certain Contagions with respeCt to others.—- Enquiry into the nature of Contagions in general; and account of the measures proposed for their extirpation. XXVII. Exciting Causes of disease, operating on indi- viduals—/?. Violent passions of the Mind;—striking instances-; of the effe&s produced by Anger,—Love,— Grief, —Joy, —Surprize, —Fear, —and Horror. —b. Sedentary life;—intense study, — or application to business. — c. Excessive exercise. —-d. Diminution or suppression of natural or customary evacuations: Venus deficicnsy vel immodica.—e. Improper diet, whether from the quality or quantity of the food and drink, —f. Poisons,—or the effeCt of violent remedies.—-g. Mechani- cal injuries.—Enumeration of the diseases which these causes respedlively excite ;—and modes in which they appear to adL XXVIII. Definition of A Proximate Cause ;—ab-