The Edinburgh Practice Of Physic Surgery

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ISBN 13 : 9781332259038
Total Pages : 610 pages
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Download or read book The Edinburgh Practice of Physic, Surgery, and Midwifery, Vol. 3 of 5 written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Edinburgh Practice of Physic, Surgery, and Midwifery, Vol. 3 of 5: Preceded by an Abstract of the Theory of Medicine, and the Nosology of Dr. Cullen; Surgery To those who would be well versed in the principles of Surgery, it cannot be a disagreeable talk, to trace the origin and progress of it from the earliest accounts down to the present period; especially as the first necessary step in the pursuit of any Science, is to become acquainted with all that has already been made known upon the subject. We therefore commence this part of our undertaking with a general sketch of the History of Surgery, and propose to point out, in a cursory manner, the principal persons who have adorned that noble art with their practice and writings. The most ancient division of medicine was into Chirurgery Diet, and Pharmacy: the former of these teaches us to cure by the assistance of our hands and by various external applications many disorders to which the human frame is incident, and which, are not within the power of the other two branches. In the primary ages of mankind, when the most perfect of all created beings had yet scarce degenerated from that state of perfection in which he was must produced from the hands of the Creator, disease was yet unknown upon the earth. Man had then no wants but such as the neighbouring dream or the labour of his own hands would supply, no cares but those of a domestic nature amply compensated by the satisfaction which attends them. His mind was not yet weakened by intemperance nor his body impaired by debauchery - exercise was his only physic, and unbroken, undisturbed rest his only restorer. But it is obvious that even in those happy and tranquil times man was not exempt from the consequences of accidental violence His body was not less exposed than at present to common casualties and to a variety of strokes that might bruise or wound his flesh, or dislocate or fracture his bones. He might be torn by the fangs of some wild beast, or affected by the bite of some venomous infect Such were the first and most natural evils to which man in the place assigned him in the order of created beings must have been obnoxious, and therefore his thoughts would necessarily be engaged in finding out some means of relief for these accidents. 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.