Hysteria : remote causes of disease in general ; treatment of disease by tonic agency, local or surgical forms of hysteria, etc. : six lectures delivered to the students of St. Bartholomew's hospital, 1866 / by F.C. Skey.

  • Skey, Frederic C. (Frederic Carpenter), 1798-1872.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Hysteria : remote causes of disease in general ; treatment of disease by tonic agency, local or surgical forms of hysteria, etc. : six lectures delivered to the students of St. Bartholomew's hospital, 1866 / by F.C. Skey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. LECTURE I. •Congestion not Inflammation—Treatment of Congestion—Cases ^ of Congestion—Tonic treatment exemplified in abscess- Evils of depletive treatment—Tonic treatment—Bark, wine, &c, the quantity determined by the pulse—Employ- ment of wine in the London Hospitals 1 LECTURE II. Remote causes of disease—Causes definite and traceable—Ge- neral causes of disease—The aperient system—Treatment by increasing the quantity of healthy blood—Stimulants in debility reduce the frequency of the pulse—Alcoholic stimulants essential—Cases—Diseases of animal and or- ganic life—Cases in illustration of the two varieties of disease ... ia LECTURE III. Imitations of real disease—The study of, much neglected by the prof ession—Indicated by local pain and muscular spasm- Distinct from inflammatory diseases—The term Hysteria objectionable—Nature and source of Hysteria—Errors in diagnosis—Critical examination of cases—Hysteric affection of joints—Hysteric affections of the spine—Hysteric con- traction of fingers