Medical logic / by F. Oesterlen ; translated and edited by G. Whitley.

  • Oesterlen, F. (Friedrich), 1812-1877.
Date:
1855
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Credit: Medical logic / by F. Oesterlen ; translated and edited by G. Whitley. 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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    '■ \ • 4, ■ INTRODUCTION. As I feel conscious that the title of ray book may, with many readers, lay it open to a degree of doubt respecting its precise purport, I think it desirable to anticipate some of the questions which may naturally arise, by a few words in the way of introduction. What, it may be asked, are w'e to understand by the term Medical Logic ? In what relation does logic stand to medicine and to natural science in general ; and in what degree is the study of it likely to promote and facilitate the peculiar objects such sciences have in view ? Will it assist our investigations into the structure of man; or may w'e, by its aid, expect to arrive at a fuller comprehension of natural science in its various branches, and thus be enabled to advance more safely and prac- tically ? Will it afford the physician means whereby to under- stand the condition of his patients more clearly, or endow him with more skill in the treatment of disease, or render him more successful in its prevention ? Such were among the questions which I put to myself and carefully considered, before I could resolve to proceed with this attempt. As regards the title “ Medical Logic,” I might have found many others as fitting, or even more so; but none so