The Medico Chirurgical Review And Journal Of Practical Medicine Vol 24

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ISBN 13 : 9780483812789
Total Pages : 580 pages
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Download or read book The British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review, Or Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 24 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review, or Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 24: July October, 1859 In a Lecture delivered by Schiller at Jena in 1789, on the study of Universal History, the poet draws a striking contrast between the empiric or trader in science, and the real philosopher or lover of wisdom; and in no respect is that contrast more remarkable or more true, then as to the reception which each gives to new discoveries. Of the former he remarks, Every extension of the boundaries of the science by which he earns his bread is regarded by him with anxiety, since it occasions him fresh labour, or renders his former labours useless: every important innovation or discovery alarms him, for it breaks down those Old school formulae which he had taken so much pains to acquire: it endangers the entire produce of the toil and trouble of his whole previous life. On the other hand, new discoveries in the field of his activity, which depress the trader in science, enrapture the philosopher. Perhaps they fill a chasm which the growth of his ideas had rendered more wide and unseemly, or they place the last stone, the only one wanting to the completion of the structure of his ideas. But even should they shiver it into ruins, - should a new series of ideas, a new as ct of Nature, a newly discovered law in the physical world, overt row the whole fabric of his knowledge - he has almys loved Truth better than his system, and gladly will he exchange an old and defective form for a new and fairer one. 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.