A treatise on the theory and practice of medicine / by John Syer Bristowe.

  • Bristowe, John Syer, 1827-1895.
Date:
1890
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Credit: A treatise on the theory and practice of medicine / by John Syer Bristowe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. PART I. KAGE GENERAL PATHOLOGY . . . . 1 I. The Definition of Disease 3 II. The ^Etiology of Disease 7 A. Predisposing Causes of Disease ...... 8 1. Age. 2. Sex. 3. Personal Peculiarities. 4. Occupation, habits, &c. 5. Previous disease. 6. Heat and cold, &c. 7. Epi- demic constitution. Change of type of disease. B. Exciting Causes of Disease 13 1. Mechanical. 2. Chemical. 3. Vital —parasites, contagia, malaria, &c. III. Physiological Processes in Health 18 A. Properties and development of protoplasm. B. Simple tissues—1, epithelial; 2, cojinective; 3, tubular; 4, organs. C. Development, growth, and maintenance of the organism. Func- tions, 1, of circulatory system; 2, of digestive system; 3, of ex- cretory system; 4, of nervous system. D. Decay and death essential elements in the processes of life. IV. Physiological Processes in Disease 23 A. Morbid Growth 24 1. Geyieral Observations 24 a. Growth and development of cells, b. Conditions associated with overgrowth, c. Migration of leucocytes, d. Tendency of morbid growth to spread locally, c. Tendency of morbid growth to become generalised. /. Tendency of certain morbid growths to limit their distribution to certain tissues or organs, g. Con- nection of dyscrasia with the origin of morbid growths, h. Second- ary dyscrasia. i. Meaning of terms malignant and innocent, k. Eelation between infective morbid growths and specific febrile diseases. 2. Hypertro2}hy. Hy])erplasia 32