London Medical Gazette Or Journal Of Practical Medicine 1847

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ISBN 13 : 9780331715620
Total Pages : 1160 pages
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Download or read book The London Medical Gazette, Or Journal of Practical Medicine, 1851, Vol. 12 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 1160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The London Medical Gazette, or Journal of Practical Medicine, 1851, Vol. 12 Now, if we had failed in our diagnosis, we might have kept this man for weeks in the hospital without doing him any good, and perhaps sent him away just as he entered, instead of dismissing him cured of his malady, and in a state fit to resmne his ordinary avocations. Nothing can give a clearer idea of the importance of correct diagnosis than the history of a case like this. If the disease had not been arrested, it is probable that more lymph would have been poured out upon the dura mater - the pressure would have been aug meated - the fits would have recurred; and the epilepsy, instead of being transitory, would have become confirmed: in fact, it is impossible to say where the effects of the disease would have sto ped: whereas, by a careful investigation 0 the case, a due ap preciation of the indications furnished by its history, and the administration of a small quantity of a harmless medicine, the man is restored to perfect health. If any one were inclined to attach but little im portance to correct diagnosis, the instance of such a case as this is all that is usees sary to prove the danger and absurdity of such views. It shows that the great step towards cure is the right understanding of the nature of the disease with which we have to pplo. 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.