A treatise on pulmonary consumption : comprehending an inquiry into the causes, nature, prevention, and treatment of tuberculosis and scrofulous diseases in general / by James Clark.

  • Clark, James, Sir, 1788-1870.
Date:
1835
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Credit: A treatise on pulmonary consumption : comprehending an inquiry into the causes, nature, prevention, and treatment of tuberculosis and scrofulous diseases in general / by James Clark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vlll PREFACE. By diminishing the disposition to this most destructive of all human maladies, we shall not only reduce the sum of its daily victims, but we shall raise the standard of public health, and at the same time advance the moral excellence of man, augment his mental capabilities, and increase the sphere of his usefulness; for it need not be stated, that without sound bodily health, the intellectual powers languish and decay. Our sub- ject, therefore, is one which not only concerns personal feelings and social happiness, but involves the well-being of society at large, and the intellectual as well as the physical character of nations. And when we further consider that the disposition to tuberculous diseases, and the deterioration of health which this implies, are evidently, to me at least, on the increase, assuredly no higher object than that to which the present work is devoted can engage the attention of the physician; and if I succeed in awakening a more general interest in the profession towards it, and in pointing out a surer path for observation, I shall not have laboured in vain. Respecting the alterations which have been made in my work since its original publication, I may state that the whole has been carefully revised, much the greater part rewritten, and considerable additions made to almost every chapter; more particularly to those on the Causes and Prevention. But I am fully sensible that much is still wanting to illustrate this the most important part of the subject, and that the labours of many men and of many years will be required to complete a work which I consider as only just begun.