Download or read book The New York Medical Journal, 1877, Vol. 26 (Classic Reprint) written by James B. Hunter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The New York Medical Journal, 1877, Vol. 26 Concerning the causation of the diathesis, and the develop ment of the cachexia, a discussion at this juncture is unneces sary, as my analysis will bear directly on these two points. Dr. David Prince, of Illinois, has recently contributed some Considerations in Relation to Diseases of the Joints, and he speaks of a condition which may be inherited and perma nent, acquired and permanent, or acquired and temporary. Now, to that condition, as embodied in the definitions I have already given, I shall for convenience' sake apply the name strumous, and by the terms of my theme it will be seen that I recognize some such factor in the production of a large proportion at least of diseases of the joints. The two great theories to-day are traumatism and non traumatism, and each has warm advocates. Some contend that every case of joint-disease is local, and is produced directly by a fall or other injury; while others contend that falls have very little to do in the causation of such - that the disease is constitutional, and is purely strumous. Some even go so far as to affirm that joint-diseases are always tubercular. Now, it seems to me that there is an immense amount of logomachy crowded into the literature on this subject. To say that a certain disease is traumatic, means to one mind that a fall or injury was the only cause, and to another mind it means that other and more important conditions were present, while the fall served simply to develop the disease in a system al ready predisposed. My impression is that the most extreme' 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.