The Body-Republic and its Defense, Our Legacy of Health: the Power of
Heredity in the Prevention of Disease, The Physiognomy of Disease: what a Doctor
can tell from Appearances, Colds and how to catch Them, Adenoids, or
Mouth-Breathing: their Cause and their Consequences, Tuberculosis, Scotched
Snake, Tuberculosis, a Scotched Snake, The Unchecked Great Scourge: Pneumonia,
The Natural History of Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria: the Modern Moloch, The Herods
of Our Day: Scarlet Fever, Measles, and Whooping-Cough, Appendicitis, or
Nature's Remnant Sale, Malaria: the Pestilence that walketh in Darkness; the
greatest Foe of the Pioneer, Rheumatism, Germ-Foes that follow the Knife,
or Death under the Finger-Nail, Cancer, or Treason in the Body-State, Headache,
Nerves and Nervousness, Mental Influence in Disease, or how the Mind affects the
Body.
This guide provides a firm base for the attainment of equity and high standards in health care and the development of rational procurement and use of drugs by all prescribers, dispensers, hospital managers, and patients. The Guidelines are for the use of all clinicians who have the primary responsibility for diagnosis, management, and referral of outpatients and inpatients. They are also very useful to interns, medical students, clinical officers, pharmacists, and nurses in training.
This
lecture note has been written primarily for Health officer students; however it
can also be used by medical students and all other health science students who
deal with patients, who have medical illnesses. Topics covered includes:
Infectious diseases, Disease of the respiratory System, Diseases of the
Cardiovascular System, Diaseses of the Kidney, Disease of the Gastrointestinal
system, Hematologic Diseases, Disease of Metabolism and Endocrine System,
Diseases of the Nervous System.
The Body-Republic and its Defense, Our Legacy of Health: the Power of
Heredity in the Prevention of Disease, The Physiognomy of Disease: what a Doctor
can tell from Appearances, Colds and how to catch Them, Adenoids, or
Mouth-Breathing: their Cause and their Consequences, Tuberculosis, Scotched
Snake, Tuberculosis, a Scotched Snake, The Unchecked Great Scourge: Pneumonia,
The Natural History of Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria: the Modern Moloch, The Herods
of Our Day: Scarlet Fever, Measles, and Whooping-Cough, Appendicitis, or
Nature's Remnant Sale, Malaria: the Pestilence that walketh in Darkness; the
greatest Foe of the Pioneer, Rheumatism, Germ-Foes that follow the Knife,
or Death under the Finger-Nail, Cancer, or Treason in the Body-State, Headache,
Nerves and Nervousness, Mental Influence in Disease, or how the Mind affects the
Body.