An enquiry into the pathology, causes, and treatment of puerperal fever : being an essay for which the Fothergillian Gold Medal was conferred ... 1835 / by G. Moore.

  • George Moore
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1836
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Credit: An enquiry into the pathology, causes, and treatment of puerperal fever : being an essay for which the Fothergillian Gold Medal was conferred ... 1835 / by G. Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. oblivion, since we may thus be enabled to compare and correct more novel and fashion- able theories, by bringing them into juxtapo- sition with, those that are old and obsolete. Without such exertions we are likely to be- come more remarkable for dogmatism than for science, and to be characterized as bigots rather than philosophers. The hazard of such a ca- tastrophe must indeed be great, since we find that some writers on this subject, who have manifested much erudition and sagacity, have nevertheless been so self-complacent in their hypotheses, and so enthusiastic in their defence, as utterly to disregard the experience and common sense of others, except as they might happen to sustain their favourite prejudices. Others, again, being too diffident of themselves to advance new theories, have despaired, amidst abundant contradictions, of arriving at any just conclusion ; simply because they have failed to take the only legitimate advantage of the testi- mony offered, that of endeavouring to ascertain the truth by comparison of the evidence. An adjustment of facts can scarcely be deemed a worthless labour, more especially as
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