Hardcover reprint of the original 1853 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Romberg, Moritz Heinrich. A Manual Of The Nervous Diseases Of Man, Volume 1. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Romberg, Moritz Heinrich. A Manual Of The Nervous Diseases Of Man, Volume 1. London Printed For The Sydenham Society, 1853. Subject: Nervous System Diseases
Against a backdrop of contemporary social and sexual concerns, and potent fears surrounding the moral and physical ‘degeneration’ of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century society, ‘The Cruel Madness of Love’ explores a critical period in the developing relationship between syphilis and insanity. General paralysis of the insane (GPI), the most commonly diagnosed of the neurosyphilitic disorders, has been devastating both in terms of its severity and incidence. Using the rich laboratory and asylum records of lowland Scotland as a case study, Gayle Davis examines the evolution of GPI as a disease category from a variety of perspectives: social, medical, and pathological. Through exploring case notes and the impact of new diagnostic techniques and therapies, such as the Wassermann Test and Malarial Therapy, the reader gains a unique insight into both patients and practitioners. Significant insights are gained into the socio–sexual background and medical experience of patients, as well as the clinical ideas and judgmental behaviour of the practitioners confronting this disease. ‘The Cruel Madness of Love’ will be of interest to anyone wishing to explore the historical relationship between sexuality, morality and disease.
Excerpt from A Manual of the Nervous Diseases of Man, Vol. 2 The diagnosis of spasm of the heart from other conditions, which are associated with irregular movements of the organs, has been rendered much more certain and accurate by the introduction of auscultation and percussion than it used to be. The criteria that have been hitherto considered indicative of spasm, are - the free intervals; the relation borne by the attacks to exercise and rest (whilst palpitations accompanying organic diseases of the heart are increased by exercise, it diminishes those originating in spasm, which is rather likely to commence during rest, and especially after eating and in going to sleep); the combi nation with disturbances of other nervous functions; the relief oh tained on improvement of the digestive organs. These indications, however, except the integrity of the heart during the interval, are unsafe we obtain more satisfactorv evidence from the normal extent of the heart, as shown by percussion, from the cessation of the bellows-murmur when the circulation is calmed, from the co existence of a similar murmur in the large arteries, from its being limited to the aortic orifice, and from the absence of harsh, loud, morbid sounds at this and other parts of the heart. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Based on key content from Red Book: 2006 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 27th Edition, the new Red Bookr Atlas is a useful quick reference tool for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of more than 75 of the most commonly seen pediatric infectious diseases. Includes more than 500 full-color images adjacent to concise diagnostic and treatment guidelines. Essential information on each condition is presented in the precise sequence needed in the clinical setting: Clinical manifestations, Etiology, Epidemiology, Incubation period, Diagnostic tests, Treatment
