Observations on Therapeutics and Disease (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Observations on Therapeutics and DiseaseIN two papers on Syphilitic and Phagedenic Ulceration which the Lancet did me the honour to publish a short time ago, I very brie¿y, and no doubt very imperfectly, endeavoured to indicate a few general principles regarding the pathology of those diseases as I apprehended, and in accordance with which I conceived a certain class of remedies to have acted as therapeutic agents. Mature deliberation on these subjects has corroborated the conviction then enunciated that those views admit of a much wider generalization, comprehend the fundamental principles of a sound and rational pathology, and are thus capable of throwing light on the modus medendz' of our remedial agents - a subject confessedly too much under the sway of routine and empiricism, hitherto less studied than the importance of the subject demands, and generally as little understood.In therapeutics, I hold that the great desideratum is to make our remedial agents subserve to those chemical and physiological condi tions which constitute life, and it appears to me that possessing, as we now do, an approximate knowledge of those conditions which constitute health, in so much should our knowledge of disease be advanced, and the great end of medical science, the prevention and mitigation of human sufierin g, be furthered. It need not be urged that unless we possess a correct appreciation of the state of health.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.