Download or read book An Inquiry Into the History, Nature, Causes, and Different Modes of Treatment, Hitherto Pursued in the Cure of Scrofula, Pulmonary Consumption, and Cancer written by William Nisbet and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Inquiry Into the History, Nature, Causes, and Different Modes of Treatment, Hitherto Pursued in the Cure of Scrofula, Pulmonary Consumption, and Cancer: To Which Is Added an Appendix, Containing a Letter to a Celebrated Professor, of Edinburgh, on the Peculiar Principles Adopted by the Author in Their Treatment, and the Necessity for a Circumscribed Line of Practice, in Order to Be Successful But the extent of the difeafe is not limited to thefe external parts. The internal glands are fufceptible of the fame morbid difpofition. Thofe Of the mefentery affume it at an early period, molt commonly from a twelvemonth to 6 or 7 years. Thofe Of the lungs and other organs, are later in becoming affeéted; this depends much on the particular time Of life when changes in the balance of the circulation occur, and the fluids. 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.