Illustrations of pulmonary consumption, its anatomical characters, causes, symptoms and treatment. With twelve plates, drawn and coloured from nature / by Samuel George Morton.

Date:
1834
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Credit: Illustrations of pulmonary consumption, its anatomical characters, causes, symptoms and treatment. With twelve plates, drawn and coloured from nature / by Samuel George Morton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    whether ol* organization or of eoloiir, >vas immediately transferred to paper under my personal supervision. In arranging the eases, many of wliich have chiefly an anatomical interest, I have, as a general rule, en- deavoured to restrict the details to the points under consideration at the time, and to reserve whatever relates to the treatment of phthsis, for the last chap- ter : for it is obvious that unabridged histories of this kind would involve interminable repetitions, and ex- tend the limits of this work far beyond the author’s design. In fact, my original plan embraced little beyond the pathological anatomy of the lungs ; hut year after year the subject expanded before me, until I have been in- duced to examine it in nearly all its hearings. Thus, after the manner of Laennec and Louis, I have commenced with an examination of the anato- mical characters of consumption, and have endeav- oured to trace its changes from the incipient granule to open abscess. Some brief remarks have been de- voted to its pathology, followed by a more extended view of its causes, symptoms and treatment. Perhaps I should apologize for introducing the ini- tiatory chapter on the morbid changes of structure Avhicli accompany phthisis, especially as the remarks