Volume 1

The seats and causes of diseases, investigated by anatomy : containing a great variety of dissections, and accompanied with remarks / by John Baptist Morgagni ... abridged, and eluciated with copious notes, by William Cooke.

  • Morgagni, Giambattista, 1682-1771.
Date:
1822
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    described many of the disorganizations incident to tl^e h^u^W^A fabrick. Since the time of Morgagni many excellent publications on the subject of morbid anatomy have appeared, but no writers have been more distinguished than Dr. Baillie in England, and Portal in France. The labours of our countryman, Dx- .]3ii^illie, have certainly yielded us , Qn§,,j:^fi ^jti^t ^fjip^J^^rvaluable productions ori tliis subject. Not only did his situation afford h^m ext^ao?dinai;y facilities foi' studying organic lesions, but bis distinguished'talents well qua- lified him to improve those opportunities to the greatest advantj^ge; and Kis Morbid Anatomt/is ]jpt only helcjL)!^ high estimatio^a in tlaisy country, but has been translated into other languages ajproad. By givjng a cpncise^ descrt|>tion of degeneraciq^. !C>fr^trii|Gture ia the Org^fi^jdetached from each other, without a narration of casesj? he has prosecuted the ^subj,ect:ui^fift method ^eedl^es^,x^petitiqJ)s^are.:^^lV0ided,^^^^and %/^?}^^^^ ifi fe9yi)^^'i4J^ip gif^maJJ.ei?€Ojnpas§r ^M^L' ^fe :^9^^m¥mmMQrg^^'si dpla n, tl^ough a recurrence of nSrirt^larities is unavoid able, the maladies of the human frame are