A treatise on struma, or scrofula, commonly called the king's evil : in which the common opinion of its being a hereditary disease is proved to be erroneous, more rational causes are assigned, illustrated by a variety of apposite cases, and a successful method of treatment recommended : together with general directions for sea-bathing / by Thomas White.

  • White, Thomas.
Date:
1794
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Credit: A treatise on struma, or scrofula, commonly called the king's evil : in which the common opinion of its being a hereditary disease is proved to be erroneous, more rational causes are assigned, illustrated by a variety of apposite cases, and a successful method of treatment recommended : together with general directions for sea-bathing / by Thomas White. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    6hap, ii. Of hereditary Difpofition to Difeafe. HEREDITARY difpofition is fup- pofed to arife from a fimilarity in children, to the perfon, the ftrufture of the body, and paffions of the mind which were vifible in one or both of the pa- rents, and by which they are difpo- fed to the general ftate of health, or to the peculiar difeafes of the parent or parents, which they moft refemble. This fimilarity is often more particularly evi- dent by obvious peculiarities. The co- lour and form of the hair, the complexion, the figure, colour, and peculiarities of the eye, eye-brow, forehead, nofe, mouth, teeth, chin, and general turn of the coun- tenance, and in a variety of other appa- rently more trivial diftin&ions, ftich as fpots