The Philosophy of Physiomedicalism - Softcover

Thurston, J. M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1500538116 ISBN 13: 9781500538118

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

The Philosophy of Physiomedicalism: Its Theorem. Corollary, and Laws of Application for the Cure of Disease is a classic book from the beginning of the 1900’s about the physiomedicalist approach to health and healing. As the author states “This book is an earnest effort to systematize and logically correlate the principles and theories of Physiomedicalism, and the abstract truths of medicine as known and understood to-day, so as to enable the student to clearly comprehend them, and the practitioner to carry them into bedside practice.” Chapters include: PART FIRST I - The Physiomedical Theorem II - The Principia III - Physiomedicalism PART SECOND I — Health II — Disease III — Fever IV — Definition of Fever V — Inflammation VI — Congestion VII — Irritation VIII — Pain PART THIRD I — Essentials of a Medical Education II — Accuracy of Medical Terms III — Definitions of Histological Parts IV — Organs, Apparatus, System V — The Vasomotor Apparatus VI — Ganglionic Nervous System VII — Vasomotor Functions VIII — Secretion IX — Excretion PART FOUR I — The Phenomena of Fever II — Causative Febrile Phenomena III — Functional Consequences IV — Secondary Febrile Results V — Classification of Fevers VI — Principles of Treatment of Fever PART FIFTH I — Symptoms or Functional Aberrations of Disease II — Symptom Values III — Pathology IV — Symptom Grouping V — Classification of Disease-complexes VI — General Principles of Diagnosis VII — Special Diagnosis VIII — Prognosis PART SIXTH I — The Relation of Extrinsic Matter to the Living Organism II — Food, Medicine, Poison III — Therapeutics and Therapeutic Agents IV — The Laws of Remedial Influence V — Immunity and Antitoxins VI — Surgical Therapy, General and Local PART SEVENTH I — Classification of Diseases II — General Principles of Treatment III — The Consummate Cure of the Sick IV — The Treatment of Pain V — The Mercurial Treatment VI — Principles of Psychotherapeutics

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1500538116
• ISBN 13: 9781500538118
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228