By Ralph H. Major. This text presents 287 selections from the original, epoch making accounts of authorities whose contributions and discoveries have furnished the foundation of our knowledge of clinical medicine. The articles included are the first known, one of the earliest, or one of the most interesting accounts of the disease in question. The clinical entities, methods of clinical diagnosis, and treatment techniques presented cover virtually the entire field of medicine. Sections are included on infectious diseases, diseases of metabolism, lead poisoning, circulatory system diseases, diseases of the blood, kidney diseases, respiratory diseases, and diseases of the digestive tract.
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This collection of the earliest descriptions of common diseases provides wonderful insights into how early physicians dealt with diseases which, in most cases, they were incapable of treating. The descriptions pay tribute to the observational skills of the earliest physicians, who had little to offer their patients other than a prognosis based on keen diagnostic skills and careful observation. The introduction by Major to each description provides the setting for understanding the period in which each physician wrote. You do not have to be interested in history to appreciate the perspective this work gives on modern medical practice. This would be a particularly good gift for the student beginning medical school. It was given to me on that occasion 30 years ago and I still enjoy reading the descriptions.
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Now we will speak of contagion, on account of which there are so many questions concerning the sympathy and antipathy of things, and we will begin with general questions and then other principles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mitral direct murmur, auricular activity, auricular wave, morbus pulicaris, mitral curtains, irregularis perpetuus, cardiac dulness, stethoscopic signs, malignant angina, capillary pulse, ventricular form, respiratory murmur, acute articular rheumatism, systolic retraction, colica pictonum, simple ulcer, pulsus bigeminus, aortic regurgitant murmur, dropsical effusion, jail distemper, precordial region, pleuritic effusion, chronic cyanosis, malarial blood, peccant matter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Royal Society, Royal College of Physicians, John Hunter, Guy's Hospital, Francis Adams, Sydenham Society, Bartholomew's Hospital, George's Hospital, Thomas Willis, Weir Mitchell, Thomas Sydenham, United States, William Stokes, John Fothergill, Thomas's Hospital, British Medical Journal, Guy de Chauliac, London Hospital, Royal Infirmary, University of Edinburgh, William Heberden, Benjamin Rush, Felix Platter, Giovanni Battista Morgagni New!
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Now we will speak of contagion, on account of which there are so many questions concerning the sympathy and antipathy of things, and we will begin with general questions and then other principles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mitral direct murmur, auricular activity, auricular wave, morbus pulicaris, mitral curtains, irregularis perpetuus, cardiac dulness, stethoscopic signs, malignant angina, capillary pulse, ventricular form, respiratory murmur, acute articular rheumatism, systolic retraction, colica pictonum, simple ulcer, pulsus bigeminus, aortic regurgitant murmur, dropsical effusion, jail distemper, precordial region, pleuritic effusion, chronic cyanosis, malarial blood, peccant matter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Royal Society, Royal College of Physicians, John Hunter, Guy's Hospital, Francis Adams, Sydenham Society, Bartholomew's Hospital, George's Hospital, Thomas Willis, Weir Mitchell, Thomas Sydenham, United States, William Stokes, John Fothergill, Thomas's Hospital, British Medical Journal, Guy de Chauliac, London Hospital, Royal Infirmary, University of Edinburgh, William Heberden, Benjamin Rush, Felix Platter, Giovanni Battista Morgagni New!
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