Prize essay on scrofula : submitted to the Medical Society of Tennessee, May 1846 / by W.L. Sutton.

  • Sutton, William Loftus, 1797-1862.
Date:
1846
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Credit: Prize essay on scrofula : submitted to the Medical Society of Tennessee, May 1846 / by W.L. Sutton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PRIZE ESSAY SCROFULA When we reflect on the immense amount of suffering oc- casioned by Scrofula in its endless variety of forms,—that from a sixth to a fourth of the human race is carried off by it, a sufficient reason why it should be regarded by the medical profession with intense interest, becomes at once evident. We accordingly find that some of the brightest geniuses in the profession have spent much time in investigating its causes, nature and treatment. After the labors of a Laennec, a Por- tal, a Louis, an Andral, a Lugol, a Carswell, a Stokes, a Graves, and various others of equal standing in Europe, to say nothing of their compeers in our own country, it would seem 1