A Handbook Of Medical Diagnosis For The Use Of Practitioners And Students

Author : James Finlayson
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ISBN 13 : 9781330642931
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book Clinical Diagnosis written by James Finlayson and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Clinical Diagnosis: A Handbook for Students and Practitioners of Medicine While engaged in assisting Professor Gairdner in conducting his Clinical Classes in the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and also in my own work at the Western Infirmary here, the want has often been felt of some volume to which students might be referred for assistance in the study and reporting of medical cases. The methods of case-taking sketched out by various teachers are no doubt useful in their way; but they do not give the amount or the kind of assistance really required in the investigation of a difficult case. It is common to find that at the bedside of a patient the observer fails to apply the knowledge he actually possesses; it does not occur to him to follow up the inquiry by the necessary methods; although he may be perfectly familiar with them, he may not think of them at the time, or at least he may fail to recognize their importance for the case on hand. This Manual, however, does not aim at supplying an easy and certain method of making a diagnosis. It would be strange, indeed, if any book could teach a student to do that which the most accomplished physician is often unable to complete to his own satisfaction. But one well-trained in clinical observation, if unable to make a diagnosis, can at least examine his patient thoroughly, and it is in this respect that he has an immense advantage: the case is thus put in a fair way for a diagnosis whenever this becomes possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.