Lectures On Diseases Of The Spinal Cord

Author : Pierre Marie
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ISBN 13 : 9781332350704
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Lectures on Diseases of the Spinal Cord (Classic Reprint) written by Pierre Marie and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on Diseases of the Spinal Cord The lectures published in this book were taken from those delivered at the Faculty of Medicine in the summer of 1891. Although but little altered, some works which appeared during the course of their publication were of such great importance that it seemed unwise to neglect them, and they were consequently utilized by me. I have advisedly given the name of "Lectures" to this publication, more freedom of speech being thus allowed, while it may constantly be recognized during its perusal that the book is specially written for the purpose of "teaching." Since some diseases only of the spinal cord are described in this book, I have endeavoured to discuss these as completely as possible. Numerous works have been consulted upon this branch of nervous pathology, care being taken to name their authors, although it did not accord with the plan of this publication to indicate the name of every book to which allusion is made. Those mentioned have been somewhat arbitrarily chosen, their importance, their novelty, and the difficulty in obtaining them being specially considered. Little will be found in this work about the pathology of any special symptom. Thus I have purposely omitted to discuss the mechanism of the inco-ordination which occurs in tabes. Our knowledge with respect to this and other similar conditions is so rudimentary, and the opinions expressed about them are so contradictory that, as I believe, it is better to await a more propitious epoch before doing this. The study of AEtiology on the other hand owing to the immense progress made in general pathology is steadily advancing; to this portion of the subject I have devoted special attention, since it is from a knowledge of it that Therapeutics worthy of the name must be derived. The symptoms have also been carefully studied. 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."