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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    CONTENTS. Page Chap. I. A brief view of those morbid conditions of tlie lungs and their ap- pendages, which usually coexist with phthisis, ... 9 II. Anatomy of tubercular matter, . 18 III. Pathology of phthisis, 33 IV. Causes of consumption, ' 40 V. Symptoms of consumption, 51 VI. On the complications of consumption with other diseases, . . 72 VII. Cases illustrative of other complications of phthisis, ... 88 VIII. Signs of phthisis derived from percussion and tlie stetlioscope, . 113 IX. Treatment, 119 CoKCLUDIHO OBSERVATIONS, 153 Appendix, 167 Explanation or THE PLATES, 171 Index. 177