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THE PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE.
The Principles of Medicine, as taught in this school, comprise
General Pathology and a brief view of General Therapeutics.
The nature and division of causes are first considered, which introduces
the student to their effects—disease. Pathology proper
is next considered under the two forms: Functional and Structural
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nature of the causes of diseases, their divisions, modes of operation,
and the resulting effects upon function and structure, a general
view is given of the influences that can be brought to remove
or counteract their effects. And the course on the Principles is
then concluded by the consideration of Nosology, Semeiology,
Diagnosis, Prognosis, and the Different Modes of Death.
Text Books.—Wood's General Pathology and General Therapeutics,
in the last edition of his Practice.
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