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Lidén Number 147
Respondent: Johan Gabriel Bergman (1732-1793)
Title: ... de Effectu et Cura Vitiorum Diaeteticorum Generali, ...
Date of Defense: 10 December 1766
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-24
Lidén Title: Cura generalis.
Soulsby Title: Eff. cura vit.
Drake Title: Effectu & Cura Vitiorum Diaeteticorum Generali.
Note:
Abstract: A medical commentary, in amplification of part one of Linnaeus' pamphlet Clavis medicinae, on cardiovascular diseases. Physiological considerations are reviewed and their importance stressed. The influence of emotional stress is rejected. Arthritis, considered as a vascular disease, is reported as favorably responsive to a diet high in salted meat.