A treatise on the nature and cure of those diseases, either acute or chronic, which precede change of structure, with a view to the preservation of health, and, particularly, the prevention of organic diseases / By A.P.W. Philip.

  • Philip, Alexander Philip Wilson, 1770-1847.
Date:
1830
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Credit: A treatise on the nature and cure of those diseases, either acute or chronic, which precede change of structure, with a view to the preservation of health, and, particularly, the prevention of organic diseases / By A.P.W. Philip. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    y INTRODUCTION. I shall, in the first place, consider the causes and effects of a general derangement of the functions of life, and shortly inquire into the nature of these functions, and their mutual dependence on each other. We shall thus be prepared for considering the more complicated cases, in which the disorder, affecting particular organs, through them produces its effects on the general system. In considering the progress of the more insi- dious cases, it will be requisite to lay before ° the reader the general nature and effects of the confirmed diseases of the part ; for with- out having the attention directed to them, it is impossible to perceive the tendency of the slight beginnings which often lead to them. We shall next review the means of pre- serving the general health and correcting — the first approaches to failure in it, and those which counteract the tendency of acute, to lay the foundation of chronic, dis- eases. ‘he means necessary where disease of some vital organ is established will then be considered; and the Work will con- clude with such observations respecting the