Illustrations of pulmonary consumption, its anatomical characters, causes, symptoms and treatment. With twelve plates, drawn and coloured from nature / by Samuel George Morton.

Date:
1834
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Credit: Illustrations of pulmonary consumption, its anatomical characters, causes, symptoms and treatment. With twelve plates, drawn and coloured from nature / by Samuel George Morton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    It lias often surjiriscd me, that of tlie works of Bayle, Laeiiiiec ami Louis, we liave no American edi- tions. llr. Forbes’s translation of Lacnnec, is executed witli admirable precision and elegance; and bad it been republished in this country, it is probable the present volume would never have been olfered to the ]niblic. The work of Dr. Louis has not, to my knowledge, been translated into Knglisb : I am informed, however, that this very desirable event is likely soon to be real- ized, through the zeal and talent of my friend Dr Gerhard. It may reasonably be asked, what my opportunities have been for an inquiry of so much interest and dif- liculty, as that w bicb forms the subject of this volume. My attention was first particularly directed to the diseases of the lungs, by an attendance on the clinical lectures of the celebrated Laennec ; >vbo, with aston- ishing acuteness of mind, and personal urbanity, com- bined the faculty of imparting a portion of bis enthu- siasm to all who beard him. On my return to this, my native city, I resolved to pursue with ardour an inquiry for wbicb I bad imbibed « so strong an interest. But facilities arc not always at our command; and before I was able to realize them, several years bad already elapsed. At length, in 1829,