Annual address before the Medical Society of the County of Oneida : delivered July 11, 1865 / by C.B. Coventry, M.D. ; published by the Society.

  • Coventry, C. B. (Charles Brodhead), 1801-1875.
Date:
1865
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Credit: Annual address before the Medical Society of the County of Oneida : delivered July 11, 1865 / by C.B. Coventry, M.D. ; published by the Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A DDItKSS. (ii-.vi i,k\ii:\ of 'i hi; Medical S r,v the regulations of the Society, L1 ■ theduty of youi presiding officer to address thi in selecting a subjecl purely practical, 1 do aol hope to insl or enlighten the older members of the profession who have I the same experience as myself, bul I see around me nun.; men who are just entering upon thetrialsot professional life, li ;i,i experience of forty years enables mi of those trials, 1 shall feel amply rewarded. The subjecl whioh I propo e for your consideration, is that of Tubercular Phthisis. In the winter of L856, 1 read before the State Medical Society, a report on Phthisis Pulmonali ,,, Length of the report compelled me to abridge my observa- tions on the prevention and treatment, and my presenl rema may be considered a supplement to whal was then said; so repetition will, however, I' unavoidable. Before proceeding to the consideration of the subject oi Pre- vention and Treatment, a few preliminary observations will be necessary. WTiat is Tuberculosis? l\ consists in the deposition in the ues of organs and on the surface of membranes of smal Brsl appearing siuq.lv as a thickening and opacity of the part. then ..f small bodies termed miliary tubercle, wind, may remain stationary or unaltered, or may gradually increase in ni* be- come yellowish or cheesy, and anally soften and be gradually absorbed, or more frequently inflammation and ulceration occur, when they may be disohar ORIGIN. Pathologists differ in opinion, whether these small bodies con- . of original nutritive matter which is imperfectly organized, ,f effete matter which the system is incompetent to eliminate.