Dropsy (VIII.39) - The Cambridge World History of Human Disease
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Since the mid-nineteenth century, dropsy has been recognized as a sign of underlying disease of the heart, liver, or kidneys, or of malnutrition. Untreated dropsy was, eventually, always fatal. Etiology and Epidemiology. The major underlying causes of dropsy are congestive heart failure, liver failure, kidney failure, and malnutrition.
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