Practical Pathology And Morbid Histology

Author : D. J. Hamilton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330445853
Total Pages : 773 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book A Text-Book of Pathology, Vol. 1 written by D. J. Hamilton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-27 with total page 773 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Text-Book of Pathology, Vol. 1: Systematic Practical This work was begun some years since, but owing to my having to devote so much time to the organisation of the duties of my Chair on being appointed to the Professorship of Pathology in Aberdeen University, it unavoidably fell into abeyance for a considerable period. On resuming it, I felt that the system at first adopted was calculated to give too narrow a view of what has now become a very wide and important science; and I accordingly destroyed the early manuscript and remodelled the whole ab initio. It will, I think, be granted that the Pathology of to-day is not delimitable merely as a matter of pure morbid anatomy, pathological histology, pathological physiology, pathological chemistry, or clinical medicine; but that these are simply the members of a great body, and that they are indissolubly bound together. All pathologists of renown, at home and abroad, have served a lengthy apprenticeship in morbid anatomy prior to their becoming exponents of the science of disease. And, for that matter, the continuance in after life of daily observation in the post-mortem theatre is as essential to the pathologist as clinical study is to the physician, seeing that it is here that subjects for further inquiry suggest themselves. A treatise upon the subject of Pathology which is not liberally supported by a basis of morbid anatomy must thus be lacking in thoroughness. It is occasionally asserted that what is seen after death is simply the result of disease, and hence can have little bearing upon disease itself. With so short-sighted a view I have no sympathy, for reasons so apparent to any one with the requisite experience as to be unworthy of further discussion. 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.