A treatise on the means of preserving health; and, particularly, the prevention of organic diseases

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Contents

Page PREFACE - : : - - ix INTRODUCTION - - - aig oe PARL .t, Of the Nature and Treatment of those Derangements which precede Change of Structure - é = 2 n A,

Chap. I

Of the general Derangement of the Vital Functions - 20.

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Of the Powers of the Nervous and ‘Vascular Systems, and the Relation they bear to each other - - $i CHAP. III.

Of some of the more acute Diseases of the Brain - 84 CHAP. IV.

Of the Chronic Affections which indicate a Tendency to Organic Disease of the Brain = Pe ie CHAP. VY.

Of the Appearances on Dissection in Organic Disease of the Brain Z = - = — 128

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CHAP. VI.

Page Of the Morbid Affections which precede Change of Structure in the Heart - - - - 136

CHAP. VII.

Of the Morbid Affections which precede Change of

Structure in the Lungs - . v - 155

CHAP. V Lit.

Of Organic Disease of the Stomach = - 174

CHAP. TX.

Of the Morbid Affections which precede Change of Structure in the Liver - - - - 179

CHAP. 4.

Of the Morbid Affections which precede Change of

Structure in the other Abdominal Viscera =~ 246

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Of the Means of correcting the States which precede Organic Disease, and counteracting their Effects - . - - oe

CHAP. tk.

Of the Treatment of Plethora - - -~ 234

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Chap. II

Page Of the Principles of Treatment in acute Diseases which tend to counteract their Tendency to be followed by Chronic Derangements - - 249

CHAP. UI.

Of the Treatment of the Functional Derangement of the Brain, which precedes Change of Structure - 267

Of the Treatment of the Functional Derangements of the other Abdominal Viscera, which precede Change of Structure - - “ 2 - 369