Medical statistics of life assurance : being an inquiry into the causes of death among the members of the Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society, from 1826 till 1860 : and a comparative analysis of the diseases which have proved fatal among the assured in several societies, and among the general population of England, with remarks on the medical selection of lives for assurance / by J.G. Fleming.

  • Fleming, John Gibson, 1809-1879.
Date:
1862
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Credit: Medical statistics of life assurance : being an inquiry into the causes of death among the members of the Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society, from 1826 till 1860 : and a comparative analysis of the diseases which have proved fatal among the assured in several societies, and among the general population of England, with remarks on the medical selection of lives for assurance / by J.G. Fleming. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    CONTENTS. Pago Introductory and Explanatory Kemarks, 9 General Table of Mortality, etc., in Scottish Amicable Society, - 16 Tables of Populations and Deaths in England and Assurance Societies, 18 Epidemic and Infectious Diseases, 20 Diseases of Uncertain Seat, - 30 Consumption, 35 Diseases of Brain and Nervous System, ----- 46 “ Heart and Bloodvessels, 52 “ Respiratory Organs, - - - - _ - - 57 “ Digestive Organs, - -- -- --59 “ Urinary Organs, 65 “ Childbed, 67 “ Joints and Bones, -67 “ Integumentary Tissues, 68 Atrophy, 68 Gradual Decay, 69 Causes not Ascertained, - - - 70 Accidents, Suicides, etc., - - -' - - - - 70 Table showing the average duration of Assurance, etc., in relation to each Class of Diseases, 73 Table of Occupations, 74