Observations illustrative of the history and treatment of chronic debility; the prolific source of indigestion, spasmodic diseases, and various nervous affections / By William Shearman.

  • Shearman, William, 1767-1861.
Date:
1824
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Credit: Observations illustrative of the history and treatment of chronic debility; the prolific source of indigestion, spasmodic diseases, and various nervous affections / By William Shearman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    injury’ from accident.'or disease: this principle, or power, is: known. to phy- sicians under the name of vis medicatrix nature ; and it is chiefly in the manage- ment and direction of this power, that the skill of the practitioner is ‘manifested in the treatment of disease. In weakness produced by acute. dis- ease, in a constitution of tolerable sound- ness, this principle, is of itself generally sufficient to restore the lost strength, provided the disease has totally sub- sided; or the action of this principle may be assisted by appropriate remedies : but if it should’ happen that, from a deficient action of the vis medicatriz, or the failure of medicines, the weakness is not removed, it then becomes itself a cause of disease, or degenerates into