An enquiry illustrating the nature of tuberculated accretions of serous membranes; and the origin of tubercles and tumours in different textures of the body ... / By John Baron.

  • Baron, John, 1786-1851.
Date:
1819
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Credit: An enquiry illustrating the nature of tuberculated accretions of serous membranes; and the origin of tubercles and tumours in different textures of the body ... / By John Baron. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ture. It is a disease which, I believe, no reme- dies in our present state of knowledge can subdue, and which generally leads to a fatal termination. This truth, when attended by the consciousness that early vigilance may prevent, what all the re- sources of our art, though adminstered with the most consummate skill, cannot cure, ought to make. us more assiduous. in watching the- first symptoms, more resolute in combating them. I cannot believe that the disease is of rare oc- currence, as I have seen too many cases to prove’ the. contrary; and’ different works contain’ ac- counts of the morbid appearances, though they are almost. silent, with ve to: the “— of the symptoms. Ihave seen the disease:in persons of all: ages. More examples of it have occurred to’ my notice in females than in males; probably because the former are more liable to suffering, and less accus¢ tomed to make their sufferings known, than the latter; and the disorder is consequently often not detected, until all chance of relief is past. The complaint comes on: in general with ten- derness and distension of the abdomen, accompa-