A new theory of pulmonary consumption : its causes, nature, and prevention / by Francis Eagle.

  • Eagle, Francis.
Date:
1839
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    Thomsnns Cai'bonate of soda is found native in Hune-arv t'lipinistry. b y ' Syria, Egypt, Arabia, Thibet, India, China, and South America, on the surface of the earth, and on the margin of some lakes which become dry in summer. Dr. Clarke The mortality from consumption is greater in on tlie Mor- , t t i i • 11 taiity of the West Indies than any other station, and least Troops. at the Cape of Good Hope and the East Indies. Table XII., by the same author, constructed to show that phthisis is both relatively and abso- lutely more prevalent among the natives than among the Europeans in the East Indies, does not appear to warrant that deduction ; for in Marshall's Topography of Ceylon, whence the above table is compiled, it is distinctly stated that only a part of the Malays are natives of that island, the remainder being brought from Java and Sumatra. The Caffres from the eastern coast of Africa, and the Indians from the Ma- dras presidency; the Veddahs, and Kandyans— the aborigines of Ceylon—suffer but little from chest affections. Niciu.isons In South America consumption is uncommon, in Peru especially. Peru abounds in salt mines and springs, and consumption is here unknown (Chardin) ; whilst in Chili, from its peculiar locality and temperate climate, with rich alluvial soil, it is by no means rare. Peru, it is said, is unusually exempt from Dictionary Sir A. Cricli- toii.