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A Contribution to the Medical Statistics of Life Assurance ; With Hints on the Selection of Lives
A Contribution to the Medical Statistics of Life Assurance With Hints on the Selection of Lives Author:John Mann General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1865 Original Publisher: Masters Subjects: Mortality Life expectancy History / General Medical / General Medical / Epidemiology Medical / Public Health Social Science / Demography Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrat... more »ions and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 213 But it is far otherwise with a number of other symptoms Seneral an( indefinite signs, which may refer to the otten heart, or to some other organ, or diseased condition -- obscure . . thus intermitting pulse may originate with the heart itself, or be merely a symptom of Dyspepsia; palpitation, with the heart, or merely as an effect of Anemia, or some form of Nervous Disease; aivahing from sleep uith a sense of suffocation, sometimes an important sign ot diseased heart, may be merely an effect of incubus, which is itself a result of disturbed digestion ; severe pain in the organ itself, may be a sign of Angina Pectoris, or of Gout, or of Neuralgia. Dyspna. a may arise from Anemia, from Asthma, from Age, from Obesity, or from Disease of the Lungs. Increase of Dyspnea, or the production of pain, upon ascending a hill, going up stairs, being hurried, or irritated, or upon suddenly changing the position of the body, are important symptoms, but not absolutely pathogno- monic of Disease of the Heart. 210 Disordered action of the heart, such as violent Disor- palpitation, will produce distention of the stomach, action with flatulence, nausea, and vomiting. This combina- some- . .... . . . times tion or disordered actions, arrecting two such impor- irrit'atioif tant organs, should always awaken suspicion, and lead inggcisel to careful investigation, in order to ascertain with where which they originate; or indeed, whether th...« less