The defensive arrangements of the body as illustrated by the incidence of disease in children and adults : the Wightman lecture for 1908 / by Sir Watson Cheyne.

  • Cheyne, William Watson, Sir, 1852-1932.
Date:
[1908?]
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Credit: The defensive arrangements of the body as illustrated by the incidence of disease in children and adults : the Wightman lecture for 1908 / by Sir Watson Cheyne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS OF THE BODY AS ILLUSTRATED ‘BY THE INCIDENCE OF DISEASE IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS. Gentlemen,—The choice of a subject for the present lecture has been a matter of very threat difficulty, and if it has not been a very fortunate one I must crave your kind indul- gence. It seems to me that the object of lectures such as these is best attained by making an attempt to present a wide view of some general subject and one suggestive of future research rather than to discuss some more limited matter which would be better suited for a paper at an ordinary meeting of the Society. Hence it was among the former class of topics that my choice lay, and it has occurred to me that the subject of the relative resisting power of children and adults against infective diseases was well worth special study. In dealing with diseases of children and adults one is often struck by the fact that