A method of preventing or diminishing pain in several operations of surgery / by James Moore, member of the Surgeons Company of London.

  • Moore, James Carrick, 1763-1834.
Date:
1784
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Credit: A method of preventing or diminishing pain in several operations of surgery / by James Moore, member of the Surgeons Company of London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    that people are continually forgetting their affiimed, and Aiding into their natural cha- radters. Nothing therefore can be more certain, than that humanity of difpoAtion, when joined to knowledge and fteadinefs, tend to render a furgeon not only more- agreeable, but more fuccefsful in his prac- tice. As furgery is in reality one of the moft humane, fo, from its nature, it muft have been one of the moA ancient of the arts. The art of curing internal and external dif“ eafes was exercifed by the fame men in the early ages. The fame benevolent dif- pofition prompted to the one and the other. But it is natural to think, that, from the temperance of mankind in thofe times, they would have few internal difeafes, while the cultivation of the earth, and other neceffary labours muft have expofed them to external injuries. Thefe laft being vifible, would na- turally attradl their attention fooner, and make a ftronger impreflion on their minds, than hidden difeafes could do. It