Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 2 The candid reception of a small volume of Inquiries and Observations, published in the year 1788, has encouraged me to offer a second to the public, with the fame title. Three of the inquiries were published several years ago; two of them in pamphlets, and the third in the second volume of the American Philosophical Transactions. They are now republished, in their present form, at the request of several of my friends, with the addition, chiefly, of a few notes. I am aware of the fate of every attempt to introduce new opinions into medicine. My apology for this attempt in some of the following essays is, that I believe the want of success in the treatment of those diseases which arc thought to be incurable, is occasioned, in most cafes, by an attachment to such theories as are imperfect or erroneous. I do not fay, by a want of theory altogether, for it is impossible for a physician to prescribe, without a theory of some kind. 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.