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CONTENTS.
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
PART I.
THE NATURE OF CONSUMPTION.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
Consumption known at a very early period. Its Constitu-
tional Origin; and Scrofulous Nature. Statistical
Proof of its Prevalence
CHAPTER II.
Distinction between Phthisis and Tubercle. The Non-
Contagious Character of the Disease
CHAPTER III.
The Origin, General Characters, Minute Structure, and
Chemical Composition, of Tubercle
CHAPTER IV.
The Situation of Tubercle
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The Different Forms of Consumption.
Chronic Phthisis; Florid and Languid.
Acute Phthisis.
Laryngeal
CHAPTER V.
A more particular Description of the Chief Agents
employed in the Treatment of Consumption
241
CHAPTER VI.
The Domestic Treatment of Consumption
290