An Inaugural Dissertation on the Pathology of the Human Fluids (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Explore a concise, systematic study of the fluids that shape health and disease. This early-19th-century work surveys blood and humours to reveal how their changes drive illness.

The book presents a two-part view of the human fluids. It first details the morbid qualities of the fluids, such as abnormal fluidity, acrimony, and putrescence. It then considers the morbid quantity of the fluids, notably the doctrine of plethora, and how quantity and quality together influence disease.

• Learn how changes in the blood and humours are linked to different diseases.
• See how contagions and their effects on the fluids are described and discussed.
• Discover historical debates about treatment, including the roles of sweating, diluents, and acids.
• Understand the author’s effort to ground medical doctrine in observation and original authorities.

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