Leprosy : $b in its clinical & pathological aspectsHansen, G. Armauer (Gerhard Armauer)
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Leprosy : $b in its clinical & pathological aspects
Hansen, G. Armauer (Gerhard Armauer)
Leprosy
NODULAR LEPROSY 5
Seat, 5; Localisation, 5; Affection of the Eyes, 8; Affection
of the Extremities, 10; Affection of the Mucous Membrane,
11; Affection of the Lymphatic Glands, 13; Subcutaneous
Nodules, 13; Affection of Nerves in this Form, 14; Fate of
the Nodules, 15; Commencement of the Disease, 16; Duration
of the Eruptions, 19; Fate of the Patient, 19; Combination
with Tuberculosis, 22; Comparison with that Disease, 23;
Affection of the Lungs, 26; Cultivation of the Bacilli, 27,
Miliary Leprosy, 28; Mental Symptoms, 29.
_CHAPTER III._
STRUCTURE OF THE LEPROMA 31
Movement of the Bacilli, 31; Nature of the Cells, 32;
Nature of the Blood Vessels, 32; Softening of the Nodule, 34;
“Brown Elements,” 34; “Globi,” 35; Position of the Bacilli
in the Cells, 37; Position of the Bacilli in the Blood Vessels,
38; Effect of Measles, 40; Digestion of the Bacilli by the
Cells, 41; Structure of the Bacilli, 41; Bacilli in the Sweat
Glands, 43; Affection of the Testicle, 45; Affection of the
Liver, 47; Affection of the Spleen, 47; Affection of the
Glands, 48; Affection of the Nerves, 50.
_CHAPTER IV._
LEPRA MACULO-ANÆSTHETICA 52
Prodromal Stage, 53; Development of Bullæ, 53; The
Macular Eruption, 54; Symmetry, 55; Neuritis, 56; Trophic
Disturbances, 57; Affections of the Joints, 59; Motor Weakness,
60; Atrophy of the Interossei, 61; Paralysis of the Orbicularis
oris et palpebrarum, 61; Trophic Affections of the
Bones and Skin, 62; Sensation, 64; Loss of Smell and Taste,
66; Duration, 66; Cause of Death, 66; Recovery, 67.
_CHAPTER V._
PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY OF THE MACULO-ANÆSTHETIC
FORM 68
Comparison of Recent and Old Macuoles, 68; Alterations
in the Nerves, 70; Bacilli in the Nerves, 70; The Spinal
Cord, 71; Lymphatic Glands, 72; Muscular Affections, 72;
Association with Tuberculosis, 73; Necrosis of Bones, 75;
Joint Affection, 76; Difference between the two Forms of the
Disease, 77; Influence of Climate, 79.
_CHAPTER VI._
DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS 82
Diagnosis from Psoriasis, 82; Diagnosis from Syphilis, 83;
Diagnosis from Syringo-myelia, 83; Leprosy in France, 83;
Morven’s Disease, 83; Prognosis, 84.
_CHAPTER VII._
ETIOLOGY 86
Humoral Pathology, 86; Heredity, 87; Miasma, 87; Contagion,
88; Baumgarten’s Dormant Heredity, 89; Nature of
Heredity, 90; Father Damien’s Case, 93; Leprosy among
Norwegians in North America, 94; Inoculation, 95; Hutchinson’s
Fish Theory, 96; Direct Proofs of Contagion, 97;
Hospital Experience in Norway, 99; Communication of the
Disease, 102; Greater Danger of Nodular Form, 102; Leprosy
and Vaccination, 103.
_CHAPTER VIII._
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