Volume 1

The household physician : a family guide to the preservation of health and to the domestic treatment of ailments and disease, with chapters on food and drugs and first aid in accidents and injuries / by J. McGregor-Robertson ; with an introduction by John G. McKendrick.

  • M'Gregor-Robertson, J. (Joseph), 1858-1925
Date:
1899
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Credit: The household physician : a family guide to the preservation of health and to the domestic treatment of ailments and disease, with chapters on food and drugs and first aid in accidents and injuries / by J. McGregor-Robertson ; with an introduction by John G. McKendrick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS GENEEAL INTEODUCTION by Professor M‘Kendrick, f.r.s. &c., PAGE xvii PART L THE HUMAN BODY: ITS VARIOUS TISSUES AND ORGANS, CONSIDERED AS TO THEIR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS, (1) IN THE STATE OF HEALTH AND (2) AS ALTERED BY DISEASE. INTRODUCTION. PAGE Health : Its Conditions, 1 Disease: Its Kinds—Organic or Structural and Func- tional-Congenital—General or Constitutional and Local—Zymotic—Epidemic, Endemic, Sporadic- Hereditary and Acquired—Acute, Subacute, and Chronic, 3 Its Cawses-Predisposing Causes: Age, Sex, Surround- ings, Occupation and Habits, Heredity, Previous PAGE Disease—Exciting Causes: Mechajiical, Chemical, Vital, 4 Its Detection—Subjective and Objective Symptoms— Relation of Weight of Body to Height—The Use of the Thermometer—The Pulse and Breathing—Gen- eral Examination of the Body, 8 Its Treatment—General and Special—Preventive, Palliative, Specific, and Expectant, - - - 13 Section I.—ELEMENTAEA^ STEUCTUEES. Protoplasm and Cells: Squamous, Columnar, Cili- ated, Globular, Pigment, 15 Epithelium: Its Varieties and Functions, - - -15* The Connective Tissues: White Fibrous, Yellow Elastic, Cellular or Areolar, Adipose Tissue or Fat, 16* Section II.-THE BONES AND JOINTS. A. —Their Structure and Functions. The Bones: Microscopical Structure and Chemical Constitution, 17 The Skeleton: Head—Cranium, and Face; Trunk— Vertebral Column, description of vertebrre—Thorax —Upper and Lower Extremities, - - - - 19 The Joints: Structures that enter into the formation of a Joint, 23 Kinds and Movements of Joints, 24 B,—Their Diseases and Injuries. Diseases of Bone, 25 Inflammation of Bone itself: Ostitis, Periostitis, Osteomyelitis, 26 Spinal Curvature, 27 Rickets, 30 Softening and Tumours of Bone, 31 Diseases of Joints: Inflammation of Joints (Synovitis): Rheumatic In- flammation, Hip-joint Disease, - - - - 32 Hysterical Affections of Joints, 34 Injuries of Bone, - .- -..--35 Fracture—Special Fractures of Skull, of Bones of the Face, of Lower Jaw, of Collar-bone, of Shoulder- blade, of Arm, of Wrist, of Palm of Hand, of Fingers, of Spine, of Ribs and Breast-bone, of Pelvis, of Thigh, of Knee-pan, of Leg, of Bones of the Foot, 35 Injuries of Joints, - 54 Dislocation—Special Dislocations of Spine, of Lower Jaw, Collar-bone, of Shoulder-blade, at Shoulder, Elbow, and Wrist Joints, of Thumb and Fingers, Dislocation of Thigh-bone, at Knee and Ankle Joints, and of Bones of the Foot, - - - - 56 Section III.—THE MUSCLES, TENDONS, AND BUESvE. A.—Their Structure and Functions. Voluntary Muscle: Microscopical Structure and Chemical Constitution and Properties, 67 Involuntary Muscle, 70 Particular Groups of Muscles—of head and neck, of the back, of the chest, of the upper extremity (shoulder, arm, forearm, and hand), of the abdo- men, of the lower extremity (thigh, leg, and foot), 70 Synovial Sacs or Bursae, 75 n B. —Their Diseases and Injuries. Diseases of Muscle: Wasting and Overgrowth (Atrophy and Hj'pertrophy), 76 Muscular Spasm, Cramp—Bather's, Writer’s, Pianist’s Cramp—Stiff Neck—Wry Neck, - - - - 77 Diseases of Tendons and Bursae: Simple Inflammation—Whitlow—Ganglion, - - 77 Enlargement of Bursa): Housemaid’s Knee, Miner’s Elbow, Bunion, ------- .73 Injuries of Muscle and Tendon: Rupture—Sprain, .-79 /L