Author: Luther B. Grandy
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-10-24
Total Pages: 914
ISBN-13: 9780266678595
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 13: March 1896 We will now consider the etiology of this, which is one of the most widespread of acute diseases. We find that of predisposing causes age ranks first. Prevailing at all ages, there are yet three marked periods: early childhood, then from twenty to forty years, and lastly in old age, of which it is the especial enemy; and according to Loomis, after the age of sixty, nine-tenths of the deaths from acute diseases are due to pneumonia. While catarrhal pneumonia is more common than croupous pneumonia in young children, yet the latter is also found in them, and, according to Loomis, it is five times more frequent in the first two years of existence than in the following eighteen. Males are more frequently affected than females, as being subject to more exposure, for in advanced age, when the conditions of living are more nearly the same, the proportion is about equal. Dwellers in cities, and especially in crowded and unhygienic surroundings, tthcse exposed to hardship and the vicissitudes of weather, are more lliable to the disease. Alcoholism is a most potent predisposing cause. Chronic dis eases, such as diabetes, Bright's and others, previous attacks of pneumonia; in short, all debilitating influences exercise a marked effect as predisposing causes. Pneumonia following blows on the chest, and other traumatism, is known as Contusion, or Trau matic Pneumonia, and the injury producing it is simply a pre disposing cause. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
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Download or read book Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 13 written by Luther B. Grandy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 13: March 1896 We will now consider the etiology of this, which is one of the most widespread of acute diseases. We find that of predisposing causes age ranks first. Prevailing at all ages, there are yet three marked periods: early childhood, then from twenty to forty years, and lastly in old age, of which it is the especial enemy; and according to Loomis, after the age of sixty, nine-tenths of the deaths from acute diseases are due to pneumonia. While catarrhal pneumonia is more common than croupous pneumonia in young children, yet the latter is also found in them, and, according to Loomis, it is five times more frequent in the first two years of existence than in the following eighteen. Males are more frequently affected than females, as being subject to more exposure, for in advanced age, when the conditions of living are more nearly the same, the proportion is about equal. Dwellers in cities, and especially in crowded and unhygienic surroundings, tthcse exposed to hardship and the vicissitudes of weather, are more lliable to the disease. Alcoholism is a most potent predisposing cause. Chronic dis eases, such as diabetes, Bright's and others, previous attacks of pneumonia; in short, all debilitating influences exercise a marked effect as predisposing causes. Pneumonia following blows on the chest, and other traumatism, is known as Contusion, or Trau matic Pneumonia, and the injury producing it is simply a pre disposing cause. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
