A system of clinical medicine, dealing with the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of disease / 2nd edition.

  • Savill, Thomas Dixon, 1856-1910.
Date:
1909
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Credit: A system of clinical medicine, dealing with the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of disease / 2nd edition. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    PRESS NOTICES OF THE FIRST EDITION OF DR SAVILL’S SYSTEM OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. “ It was a happy inspiration that suggested the writing of this two-volume text-book. Dr. Savill has rendered a great service to the general practitioner by writing this book. “ Its plan is simple. ... Dr. Savill’s method of approaching his subject is from the standpoint of symptoms and physical signs. He selects a symptom or symptom group and then proceeds to differentiate the various diseased conditions in which this may be pre- sented to the physician. Not only is the diagnosis given, but in many instances the etiology also, and in every case the progno-is and valuable suggestions as to treatment. At the end of Volume I. is given a useful series of formula}, mauy of which are entirely original. “Although the work as a whole is unimpeachable, we think Dr. Savill is at his best in the chapter on Diseases of the Nervous System. To the student and practitioner these present difficulties with which the specialist has no trouble whatever. The writer, however, anticipates these in a very skilful manner. His scheme for the investigation of these diseases is simplicity itself. If we take such a condition as hemiplegia for example, we find the ten chief causes of this affection distinguished according as the onset is sudden or gradual. Then each of these causes is dealt with seriatim, and in such a clear and simple manner that no medical reader of average intelligence can fail to make a correct diagnosis in any particular case. This is but one instance ; the whole work abounds with valuable facts for the guidance of physicians. There is no easy road to acquiring exact clinical diagnostic skill, but Dr. Savill’s work goes far to smooth that path. . . . The entire work contains little over 1,100 pages, many of them printed in small type, but we know of no other book which contains within the same or even greater compass so much practical and helpful information.”—Medical Times. “ It is a monument of careful classification, founded on many years’ experience in the enormous clinical field of the Paddington Infirmary. . . . There is no doubt that a care- ful study of it will give a broader conception of medicine than can be obtained from many larger works. Its great virtue is that it is obviously born of extensive practical know- ledge. . . . The illustrations are good, and the two coloured plates of measks and variola are really excellent.”—St. Mary's Hospital Gazette. “ The manner in which the diagnosis and prognosis of disease is dealt with is not only adequate, it is actually, according to our present knowledge, exhaustive.”—Journal oj Balneologj and Climatology. “ In writing 1A System of Clinical Medicine ’ Dr. Savill has adopted a plan which we believe will be found of great assistance both to students and to practitioners. He has approached the subject from the standpoint of symptomatology. . . . This scheme has been admirably carried out, and for the most part Dr. Savill has been successful in pro- ducing a very useful and practical work ... a very original work. . . . We have formed a high opinion of Dr. Savill’s work, and we wish it the success that it deserves.”—The Lancet. “ This work attempts much more than the books dealing with medical diagnosis merely, for sections upon prognosis and treatment and, where thought advisable, pathology also are introduced. . . . The book deserves praise for its general get-up, and for its abun- dance of information and references.”—St. Bartholomew's Hospital Journal. “ The plan of this work is quite original. . . . This method obviously imitates the actual process of reasoning employed at the bedside and in office practice as closely as it is possible to reproduce a practical procedure in print, and has the great advantage of preserving the relative value of diseases which is often lost sight of in systematic text- books. . . . The practical problems in diagnosis are presented as they are actually met m practice. —American Journal of the Medical Sciences. This book fills a distinct want. It will serve as a clinical index of diseases, and the advantages of passing m rapid review all the possible diseases which may give rise to a patient s leading symptom must be very obvious to those engaged in clinical work. We thoroughly agree with the author that his plan gives a truer view of nature’s facts than one which deals with disease as so many ontities. . . . The work is thoroughly is eminently personal. Throughout Its pages Dr. Savill offers to his readers wni iiV u vast experience, and we have the greatest confidence in recommending this work to both studonts and practitioners of medicine.”—Glasgow Medical Journal, i ‘twhtt™!1! ,has adopted find altogether excellent. . . . The whole matter nforms .nI\d TeU writtou : the author modestly in the preface that he has attempted clearness rather than literary style, but lie lias certainly succeeded in avoiding ‘dryness,' without, as some authors* do introducing what 18 known as ‘ padding,’ ■■-The General Practitioner, ao> nuiooucing