Disease and Its Causes

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Disease and Its Causes, by William Thomas Councilman This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Disease and Its Causes Author: William Thomas Councilman Release Date: March 8, 2005 [eBook #15283] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DISEASE AND ITS CAUSES*** E-text prepared by Robert Shimmin, Carol David, Joshua Hutchinson, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team Disease And Its Causes By W. T. Councilman, A.M., M.D., LL.D. Professor of Pathology, Harvard University NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY LONDON WILLIAMS AND NORGATE Originally published 1913 Contents Contents Preface Chapter I Definition Of Disease.—Characteristics Of Living Matter.—Cells As The Living Units.—Amoeba As Type Of A Unicellular Animal. —The Relation Of Living Matter To The Environment.—Capacity Of Adaptation To The Environment Shown By Living Matter— Individuality Of Living Matter.—The Causes Of Disease.— Extrinsic.—The Relation Of The Human Body To The Environment.—The Surfaces Of The Body.—The Increase Of Surface By Gland Formation.—The Real Interior Of The Body Represented By The Various Structures Placed Between The Surfaces.—The Fluids Of The Body.—The Nervous System.