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A historical medical treatise on dysentery from 1794, explaining causes, symptoms, and how doctors tried to treat it. This volume presents early medical thinking on dysentery, including how doctors diagnosed the disease, described its signs, and outlined approaches to care and cure. Written in a period voice, it covers the disease’s progression, possible remote and proximate causes, and practical treatment methods used at the time.
The material offers a window into late 18th-century medicine, detailing fever, abdominal pain, and digestive symptoms, as well as discussions of diet, purgatives, bloodletting, and tonics. It also discusses how environment and season can influence the illness, and how clinicians aimed to balance evacuations with sustaining the patient’s strength.
- Symptoms and progression of dysentery, including abdominal pain, fever, and stool changes.
- How physicians distinguished dysentery from similar conditions like diarrhoea and cholera.
- Traditional treatments of the era, such as purgatives, antimony preparations, and supportive care.
- Notes on prognosis, diagnosis, and the influence of season and patient condition on outcomes.
Ideal for readers of medical history and those curious about early medical methods for infectious diseases.
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book examines the epidemiology and medical practices used to treat dysentery, a contagious intestinal disease, in the 18th and 19th centuries. The author provides an overview of the symptoms, progression, and various treatments for dysentery that were common during that era. The author also discusses the history of the disease, including its origins, prevalence in different regions, and the impact it had on populations. The book contributes to the understanding of the historical development of medical knowledge and the evolution of treatments for infectious diseases. 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 9781332290109_0
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Inaugural Dissertation on Dysentery : Submitted to the Public Examination of the Faculty of Physic, Under the Authority of the Trustees of Columbia College, in the State of New-York, William Samuel Johnson, LL. D. President; For the Degre
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