Principles of medicine : comprising general pathology & therapeutics, and a brief general view of etiology, nosology, semeiology, diagnosis and prognosis / by Charles J.B. Williams.

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1843
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    Paragraphs 139 140 141,142 143, 144 145—147 148—153 154, 155 156,157 158—160 161—166 167—175 176, 177 179 180 181, 182 183—193 194—205 Section IV Diseased Voluntary Motion - - p. 63, 67 Division into general and partial. General voluntary motion: in Excess; Examples. Defective: Examples. Perverted: Examples. Partial. Excessive: rare. Defective: causes. Examples. Remedies for excessive voluntary motion; for defective local. Perverted. Section V.—Diseased Reflex and Sympathetic Nervous Influence p. 67, 74 Natural reflex function. Excessive: in involuntary muscles; in volun- tary muscles. Convulsions, centric and eccentric. Partial, by reflected irritation. Irritation of involuntary muscles. Pathological causes of inordinate excitomotion: from poisons; from rest. Defective reflex motion. In coma; asphyxia; sinking. &c. Remedies for excessive. Narcotics. Sedatives. Stimulants. Tonics. Reflected or sympathetic sensations. Examples. Remedies. Section VI.—Diseased Secretion - - - - p. 74, 84 Secretion due to a vital property, aided by chemical affinity. Changes due to altered supply of blood, or to nervous influence. Division. Excessive. Effects: forwards; backwards; on the organ; on the blood. Examples. Remedies. Depletion. Astringents. Alteratives. Defective. Causes. Effects: forwards; backwards. Extreme; mo- derate. Remedies: through the circulation. Specific stimulants. Alteratives. Tonics. Substitutes for defective secretion. Perverted secretion. Examples. Effects. Remedies. Diseases of the Constituents of the Blood p. 84, 85 Constituents of the blood diseased constitute elements of disease. Enumeration of constituents and modes of disease. Changes of the entire blood. Chemical composition of blood. Section VII.—Diseases of Red Particles - - p. 85, 90 Natural offices and proportions. Excess. Examples and effects. Defect. Examples and effects. Alterations: in colour; in size and form. Arterial change. Structure. Spontaneous motion ? Mr. W. Jones’s observations and explanation. Origin of red particles. Remedies. Excess. Defect. Section VIII.—Fibrin and White Globules p. 90, 102 Nature of fibrin. Purposes. Excess. Examples. Increase of white globules. Defect. Examples in fluidity of blood. Causes. Effects: haemorrhage; congestion. Alterations in quality : apparent from cha- racter of coagulum, which shews properties of self-coagulation, con- traction, and separation. Self-coagulation: varieties and causes. Contraction: varieties and causes. Separation: causes. Varieties. Causes of buffy coat.