Category: Science - Biology

Disease and Its Causes

DEFINITION OF DISEASE.--CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING MATTER.--CELLS AS THE LIVING UNITS.--AMOEBA AS TYPE OF A UNICELLULAR ANIMAL.--THE RELATION OF LIVING MATTER TO ENVIRONMENT.--CAPACITY OF ADAPTATION TO ENVIRONMENT SHOWN BY LIVING MATTER.--INDIVIDUALITY OF LIVING MATTER.--THE CA...

Chapters

20. Chapter 20

SECONDARY, TERMINAL AND MIXED INFECTIONS.--THE EXTENSION OF INFECTION IN THE INDIVIDUAL.--TUBERCULOSIS.--THE TUBERCLE BACILLUS.--FREQUENCY OF THE DISEASE.--THE PRIMARY FOCI.--TH...

13. Chapter 13

DEFINITION OF DISEASE.--CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING MATTER.--CELLS AS THE LIVING UNITS.--AMOEBA AS TYPE OF A UNICELLULAR ANIMAL.--THE RELATION OF LIVING MATTER TO THE ENVIRONMENT....

19. Chapter 19

THE NATURE OF INFECTION.--THE INVASION OF THE BODY FROM ITS SURFACES.--THE PROTECTION OF THESE SURFACES.--CAN BACTERIA PASS THROUGH AN UNINJURED SURFACE.--INFECTION FROM WOUNDS....

14. Chapter 14

NO SHARP LINE OF DEMARKATION BETWEEN HEALTH AND DISEASE.--THE FUNCTIONAL NUTRITIVE AND FORMATIVE ACTIVITIES OF CELLS.--DESTRUCTION AND REPAIR CONSTANT PROCESSES IN LIVING MATTER...

23. Chapter 23

CHRONIC DISEASES.--DISEASE OF THE HEART AS AN EXAMPLE.--THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE HEART.--THE ACTION OF THE VALVES.--THE PRODUCTION OF HEART DISEASE BY INFECTION.--THE C...

17. Chapter 17

INFECTIOUS DISEASES.--THE HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF EPIDEMICS OF DISEASE.--THE LOSSES IN BATTLE CONTRASTED WITH THE LOSSES IN ARMIES PRODUCED BY--INFECTIOUS DISEASES.--THE DEVELO...

22. Chapter 22

INHERITANCE AS A FACTOR IN DISEASE.--THE PROCESS OF CELL MULTIPLICATION.--THE SEXUAL CELLS DIFFER FROM THE OTHER CELLS OF THE BODY.--INFECTION OF THE OVUM.--INTRA-UTERINE INFECT...

18. Chapter 18

CLASSIFICATION OF THE ORGANISMS WHICH CAUSE DISEASE.--BACTERIA: SIZE, SHAPE, STRUCTURE, CAPACITY FOR GROWTH, MULTIPLICATION AND SPORE FORMATION.--THE ARTIFICIAL CULTIVATION OF B...

16. Chapter 16

THE REACTIONS OF THE TISSUES OF THE BODY TO INJURIES.--INFLAMMATION.-- THE CHANGES IN THE BLOOD IN THIS.--THE EMIGRATION OF THE CORPUSCLES OF THE BLOOD.--THE EVIDENT CHANGES IN...

15. Chapter 15

THE GROWTH OF THE BODY.--GROWTH MORE RAPID IN EMBRYONIC PERIOD.--THE COÖRDINATION AND REGULATION OF GROWTH.--TUMORS.--THE GROWTH OF TUMORS COMPARED WITH NORMAL GROWTH.--SIZE, SH...

24. Chapter 24

THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICINE IN THE LAST FIFTY YEARS.--THE INFLUENCE OF DARWIN.--PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.--THE DISSEMINATION OF MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE.--THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONDITION...

21. Chapter 21

DISEASE CARRIERS.--THE RELATION BETWEEN SPORADIC CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND EPIDEMICS.--SMALLPOX.--CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.--POLIOMYELITIS.--VARIATION IN THE SUSCEPTIBILI...

5. Chapter 5

INFECTIOUS DISEASES.--THE HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF EPIDEMICS OF DISEASE.--THE LOSSES IN BATTLE CONTRASTED WITH THE LOSSES IN ARMIES PRODUCED BY INFECTIOUS DISEASES.--THE DEVELOP...

7. Chapter 7

THE NATURE OF INFECTION.--THE INVASION OF THE BODY FROM ITS SURFACES.--THE PROTECTION OF THESE SURFACES.--CAN BACTERIA PASS THROUGH AN UNINJURED SURFACE?.--INFECTION FROM WOUNDS...

11. Chapter 11

CHRONIC DISEASES.--DISEASE OF THE HEART AS AN EXAMPLE.--THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE HEART.--THE ACTION OF THE VALVES.--THE PRODUCTION OF HEART DISEASE BY INFECTION.--THE C...

4. Chapter 4

THE REACTIONS OF THE TISSUES OF THE BODY TO INJURIES.--INFLAMMATION.-- THE CHANGES IN THE BLOOD IN THIS.--THE LMIGRATION OF THE CORPUSCLES OF THE BLOOD.--THE EVIDENT CHANGES IN...

6. Chapter 6

CLASSIFICATION OF THE ORGANISMS WHICH CAUSE DISEASE.--BACTERIA SIZE SHAPE STRUCTURE CAPACITY FOR GROWTH MULTIPLICATION AND SPORE INFORMATION.--THE ARTIFICIAL CULTIVATION OF BACT...

8. Chapter 8

SECONDARY TERMINAL AND MIXED INFECTIONS.--THE EXTENSION OF INFECTION IN THE INDIVIDUAL.--TUBERCULOSIS.--THE TUBERCLE BACILLUS.--FREQUENCY OF THE DISEASE.--THE PRIMARY FOCI.--THE...

3. Chapter 3

THE GROWTH OF THE BODY.--GROWTH MORE RAPID IN EMBRYONIC PERIOD.--THE COÖRDINATION AND REGULATION OF GROWTH.--TUMORS.--THE GROWTH OF TUMORS COMPARED WITH NORMAL GROWTH.--SIZE. SH...

1. Chapter 1

DEFINITION OF DISEASE.--CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING MATTER.--CELLS AS THE LIVING UNITS.--AMOEBA AS TYPE OF A UNICELLULAR ANIMAL.--THE RELATION OF LIVING MATTER TO ENVIRONMENT.--CA...

2. Chapter 2

NO SHARP LINE OF DEMARCATION BETWEEN HEALTH AND DISEASE.--THE FUNCTIONAL NUTRITIVE AND FORMATIVE ACTIVITIES OF CELLS.--DESTRUCTION AND REPAIR CONSTANT PROCESSES IN LIVING MATTER...

10. Chapter 10

INHERITANCE AS A FACTOR IN DISEASE.--THE PROCESS OF CELL MULTIPLICATION.--THE SEXUAL CELLS DIFFER FROM THE OTHER CELLS OF THE BODY.--INFECTION OF THE OVUM.--INTRAUTERINE INFECTI...

12. Chapter 12

THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICINE IN THE LAST FIFTY YEARS.--THE INFLUENCE OF DARWIN.--PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.--THE DISSEMINATION OF MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE.--THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONDITION...

9. Chapter 9

DISEASE CARRIERS.--THE RELATION BETWEEN SPORADIC CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND EPIDEMICS.--SMALLPOX.--CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS.--POLYOMYELITIS.--VARIATION IN THE SUSCEPTIBILIT...