A critical exposure of the ignorance and mal-practice of certain medical practitioners, in their theory and treatment of disease : likewise observations on the primary cause of ailments, connected with the discoveries of the author : to which is affixed, a commentary on the medical evidence in the cases of the late Miss Catherine Cashin and Mrs. Lloyd, together with the testimonials on which the author rests his claim to public confidence / by John St. John Long.

  • Long, John St. John, 1798-1834.
Date:
1831
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Credit: A critical exposure of the ignorance and mal-practice of certain medical practitioners, in their theory and treatment of disease : likewise observations on the primary cause of ailments, connected with the discoveries of the author : to which is affixed, a commentary on the medical evidence in the cases of the late Miss Catherine Cashin and Mrs. Lloyd, together with the testimonials on which the author rests his claim to public confidence / by John St. John Long. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    rifics, and stuff in the world.— That is right, say the faculty, there is nothing like calomel. In all eschars and issues and external in- flammations, commend to me a spermaceti plaster, cries a third.— That is right also, respond the order, there is nothing like sper- maceti plasters !* It is natural for men who practise an ex- clusive art, and who live like certain moths upon royal charters and acts of parliament, to make their ignorance as vendible and as lucra- tive in the market as their skill; somewhat like the fisherman, who, when his haul of pilchers is unequal to the demand, can sell them at a high price for food ; but when excessively pro- ductive, can sell them at the same profit for manure. The assurance offices of London object to Mr. Braithwaite's steam engine for throwing water on burning houses, on the ground that it has a tendency to extinguish fires too expeditiously. They affirm that the frequency of fires is to them a bounty in favour of insur- ance. If fires could be easily extinguished, they ask, who would think of insuring ? Every fire brings fresh customers to the office ; and if there were no fires, if these fires were not fre- quent, if property ran a less risk of being * For the scientific treatment of gangrene and mortification, vide the evidence of Messrs. Brodie, Vance, and Campbell.