1. The Arseniate of gold was first used by Chrestien in cases of phthisis

2. Atrophia, marasmus: elsenyvedés Atrophia, phthisis: elsorvadás sorvadás Atrophia, phthisis, reductio: sorvadás (szerv tömegének fogyása) szövetvesztés Atrophia, tabes: sorvadás (pl

3. Ocular Biometry is a useful tool for the assessment of abnormalities such as phthisis bulbi, microphthalmia, pseudoexophthalmia, scleral ectasia, and congenital glaucoma (BRANDAO et al., 2007; POTTER et al., 2008).

4. The much older name originally came from the ancient Greeks who called the disease something meaning “Consumption,” “phthisis,” specifically referring to pulmonary tuberculosis, with the earliest references to this being in 460 BC.

5. It contains some of the most illuminating thoughts pertaining to distinction of mediastinitis from pleurisy; contagious nature of phthisis; distribution of diseases by water and soil; careful description of skin troubles; of sexual diseases and perversions; of nervous ailments."