The principles of diagnosis / by Marshall Hall.

  • Hall, Marshall, 1790-1857.
Date:
1834
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    for the morbid anatomy of eruptive fevers. There are merely scattered opinions or facts. All is vague, general, and unsatisfactory. A work upon this subject at all comparable to that of M. Louis upon the Gastro-Enterite, would be an in- estimable contribution to medical science. 125. But, besides the complications, there is another interesting subject of inquiry, especially in regard to eruptive fevers : it is the remoter consequences or sequelce. These are acute and chronic. And they affect the head, the chest, and the abdomen. They are, principally, chronic in- Jlammation and tubercles. 126. The science of medicine is not so simple as it has been made to appear. When our books present a faithful portraiture of nature, we shall discover that, both during the course and after the course of many diseases, we have still to watch the patient, if we would early detect dis- eases which only require to be overlooked and disregarded in their beginnings, to be placed beyond the reach of remedy. I expect much will really be effected in simplifying the subject by the mode which I have adopted of placing these arrangements before the student. The eye, the mind, will speedily become familiarized with the multitude of events which occur, and then the principal difficulty will be overcome. 127. In the present chapter I purpose to notice those objects of the diagnosis upon which the treatment principally depends: these are, the