Croonian Lectures (Classic Reprint): On Some Points in the Pathology and Treatment of Typhoid Fever; Delivered at the Royal College of Physicians of London - Couverture souple
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Unraveling typhoid fever: how the disease multiplies, transfers through contaminated water, and challenges doctors to treat fever with careful cooling and observation.
This volume presents the Croonian Lectures on key questions in the pathology and treatment of typhoid fever. It ties together early ideas about contagion, the role of sewage and water supplies, and the physical effects the fever has on the heart, muscles, and nervous system. It also discusses practical approaches to care, including controlled cooling and other fever-reducing methods, illustrated with historical case studies and hospital data.
- How the disease may spread through contaminated water and sewage, with classic outbreak examples.
- Evidence and debate about where the poison arises and how it acts in the body.
- How fever raises body temperature and how treatment aims to manage heat and metabolism.
- Historical experiments and clinical observations that shaped early fever care.
Ideal for readers curious about the history of medical thought on typhoid fever, and for those interested in how physicians balanced theory and treatment in a time of changing science.
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book studies the pathology and treatment of typhoid fever, drawing connections to other fevers and infectious diseases. Exploring the latest research from the 1800s, the author investigates the evolution of typhoid, its means of contagion, and its etiology. The author argues that typhoid fever is only ever indirectly contagious, as through contaminated food and water, and that its infectious material can survive for months. The author also posits that the disease can be spread by infected livestock, leading to outbreaks caused by tainted meat. While typhoid fever was once a major cause of death, the author credits improved sanitation with significantly reducing its prevalence. 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. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781331074304_0
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