The senile heart : its symptoms, sequelae, and treatment / by George Wm. Balfour.

  • Balfour, George William, 1823-1903.
Date:
1896
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Credit: The senile heart : its symptoms, sequelae, and treatment / by George Wm. Balfour. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    THE SEOTLE HEART CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY The late Sir Robert Christison, in his first report on the emerged risks of the Standard Assurance Company, stated that the ^ ,, , -^ ^' Death rarely statistics he was dealing with seemed due to age to show that but few even of the aged die from natural decay, but ''mostly from some specific disease, just like younger persons. ^ And he also said that the term '' gradual decay, when used as an explanation of the cause of death of even old people, was '' little else than an admis- sion of ignorance.^ It is consolatory to have such high authority for believing that at the most advanced ages death is not due to age alone, but to disease; because we always personify disease, we feel that we may escape it, we can fight it, 1 Monthly Journal of Medical Science^ August, 1853, p. 109.