The principles of surgery : clinical, medical, and operative ; an original analysis of pathology systematically conducted, and a critical exposition of its guidance, at the bedside and in operations / by Frederick James Gant.

  • Frederick James Gant
Date:
MDCCCLXIV. [1864]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The principles of surgery : clinical, medical, and operative ; an original analysis of pathology systematically conducted, and a critical exposition of its guidance, at the bedside and in operations / by Frederick James Gant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    ‘ ‘ The greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge; for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, some- times, upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; sometimes to enable them to victory of art and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession : and seldom sincerely to give a true accoimt of their gift of reason to the benefit and use of men: as if there were sought in knowledge, a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, and a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man’s estate.”—Francis Bacon.
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