Lectures On The Principles And Practice Of Physic V2

Author : Thomas Watson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780243226603
Total Pages : 988 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Physic, Vol. 2 of 2 written by Thomas Watson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Physic, Vol. 2 of 2: Delivered at King's College, London; From the Fifth Revised and Enlarged English Edition; Edited With Additions and Numerous Illustrations I state these things to you - who do not recollect the time, as I do, when no medical man in this country could, with truth and candor, say more Of his knowledge Of diseases of the chest than Cullen said - that you may the better estimate the exceeding value of the discovery of what is called the method of ausculta tion, for the detection and discrimination Of disease; and most particularly of thoracic disease. In the present day we are able to Obtain more exact information respecting the disorders Of the parts contained within the chest, than Of any other internal and therefore invisible parts Of the body. Indeed, in a vast number Of instances, we can tell, as accurately as if we saw them, the actual condition of the thoracic viscera: can follow, step by step, the successive processes Of disease or of repair, in which they are involved. We can penetrate beyond the symptoms which denote deranged function, and comprehend those much less fallible signs which arise from alterations Of structure. And this vast addition to our pathological knowledge has been given us by the simple application of one Of our five senses to the investigation of disease, the sense Of hearing, which for so many centuries had been (strangely as it now seems) neglected, or but little used. Through the aid and use of the ear it has come to pass that those diseases which, besides being the most common and the most destructive, were also the most obscure. Are now better understood than the diseases Of any other internal part whatever. 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.