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Practical illustrations of typhus fever, and other febrile and inflammatory diseases / [John Armstrong].

  • Armstrong, John, 1784-1829.
Date:
1818
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Credit: Practical illustrations of typhus fever, and other febrile and inflammatory diseases / [John Armstrong]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF TYPHUS FEVER, AND OF OTHER FEBRILE DISEASES. INTRODUCTION. Numerous theories have been formed *to explain the nature of fevers, but the history of medicine proves, that none have been so constituted as to remain permanent. At different periods, by acci- dent, genius, or diligence, many discoveries were made, which opposed the prevailing doctrines of the day, or for which those doctrines could not satisfactorily account. By the investigations which ‘such occurrences naturally produced, the most ela- borate theories, time after time, haye been over- thrown, and others, supposed to extend to a greater B