A Student's Notes of a Course of Lectures on the Practice of Medicine

Samuel Claggett Chew

ISBN 10: 1527854086 / ISBN 13: 9781527854086

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2024

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Print on Demand. This book delves into the intricacies of medicine, defining disease as a deviation from normal function or structure of the body. The author explores the classifications of disease into organic and functional, as well as local and general. Etiology, the causation of disease, is given significant attention, recognizing the importance of understanding causes to both prevent and cure ailments. The text also offers insights into symptomatology, defining the differences between symptoms and signs and emphasizing their significance in disease diagnosis. Moreover, it discusses prognosis, highlighting its value in managing patient expectations and providing guidance for treatment. Importantly, the book provides an overview of therapeutic measures, including preventive, abortive, curative, and palliative approaches, along with the significance of sanitary measures. The section on pathology focuses on the study of diseased conditions, including fever, highlighting its complex physiological processes. The book further delves into specific diseases, offering a detailed examination of respiratory and circulatory system ailments. Throughout, the author presents a comprehensive understanding of disease, its manifestation, and management, making this book an invaluable resource for medical students and practitioners alike. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781527854086_0

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Titel: A Student's Notes of a Course of Lectures on...

Verlag: Forgotten Books

Erscheinungsdatum: 2024

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: New

Art des Buches: print-on-demand item

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Excerpt from A Student's Notes of a Course of Lectures on the Practice of Medicine

Again, we have local and general Disease, but we must again use these terms guardedly, as we can't call pneumonia local, although it has local lesion.

Acute and Chronic Disease. Bv Acute is not meant a dis ease in which the symptoms intensify, but a disease of short duration, while Chronic disease is one which has lasted for a long time, and there may or may not be an acute symp tom, but acute has rather to do with duration.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.