The Eclectic Practice of Medicine (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Eclectic Practice of Medicine (Classic Reprint) written by John Milton Scudder and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-25 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Eclectic Practice of MedicineFever is divided into two classes, idiopathic and symptomatic in the first, there is no apreciable lesion Of the solids, at least at its commencement, we therefore say that it is primarily a disease Of the fluids Of the body; in the second there is pri marily an inflammation which induces febrile reaction, the fever being a secondary disease.What change in the fluids of the body will give rise to fever? I know of but one, and that is the presence Of some material that has so far lost its vitalization that it can not be applied to the nutrition Of the textures, or serve any purpose in the animal economy. Such material may be generated within the body, or it may be introduced from without. In order to prove this proposition, I will describe next.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.