On the successful treatment of consumptive disorders, and female complaints connected therewith; on scrofulous diseases ; and on the management of delicate health by diet and regimen / [John James Furnivall].

  • Furnivall, John James, 1790-1878.
Date:
1838
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Credit: On the successful treatment of consumptive disorders, and female complaints connected therewith; on scrofulous diseases ; and on the management of delicate health by diet and regimen / [John James Furnivall]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON SCROFULA. CHAPTER I. General Remarks.—Diathesis—various textures at- tacked—tendency to conversion—instance of alternate metastasis from mucous to serous membrane 261 CHAPTER II. Etiology.—Hereditary transmission—protracted lac- tation—food considered as a cause—uncleanliness of person—atmospherical influences 271 CHAPTER III. Pathogeny.—The various causes act ultimately upon the blood—impure air—organic nerves in fault .... 279 CHAPTER IV. Treatment.—Hygienics to be attended to—chorea in the strumous—mercurials — iodine — quinine — case of chorea—of crusta lactea—local ap])lication of tinc- ture of iodine recommended in strumous ophthalmia, enlarged glands, tumours of the mammse, wounds, abscesses, mortification—gargles of solution of iodine in ulcerated sore throats, &c., with cases 283 Conclusion 313