Literary notes about Prognosis (AI summary)
The term “prognosis” in literature serves not only as a clinical forecast but also as a metaphor for predicting broader outcomes. In clinical contexts, it clearly delineates expectations about disease progression and recovery, as seen in discussions regarding heart disease ([1]) and laryngeal conditions ([2]), as well as in more nuanced interpretations within psychoanalytic discourse ([3]). At the same time, its application extends beyond medicine; for instance, when comparing battlefield estimations to medical forecasting ([4]) or considering how social forces shape future events ([5]). Such varied usage enriches literary expression by capturing both the precision and uncertainty inherent in predicting outcomes, especially in grave or complex situations ([6],[7]).
- The coexistence of organic disease of the heart and the nature of the cardiac lesions have a very important bearing on the prognosis.
— from A System of Practical Medicine. By American Authors. Vol. 3 Diseases of the Respiratory, Circulatory, and Hæmatopoietic Systems - P ROGNOSIS .—The prognosis of simple paræsthesia of the larynx is not grave.
— from A System of Practical Medicine. By American Authors. Vol. 3 Diseases of the Respiratory, Circulatory, and Hæmatopoietic Systems - He must content himself with the diagnosis and a prognosis which, despite a wealth of experience, is uncertain.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - An estimate of a combat situation is something like a diagnosis and prognosis in medicine.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger - Every legislative act presupposes a diagnosis and a prognosis; both of them involving estimations of social forces and the work done by them.
— from Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 3 of 3 Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions. by Herbert Spencer - Yet it is imprudent to make an absolute prognosis in any grave case of this disease.
— from A System of Practical Medicine. By American Authors. Vol. 1 Pathology and General Diseases - Considering the evidence of a family predisposition, a favorable prognosis at the outset would hardly have been justifiable.
— from A System of Practical Medicine. By American Authors. Vol. 3 Diseases of the Respiratory, Circulatory, and Hæmatopoietic Systems
