Synopsis of a course of lectures on medical science : delivered to the students of the Botanico-Medical College of Ohio / by A. Curtis.

  • Curtis, Alva, 1797-1881.
Date:
1846
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    reflecting persons, that, to be safe and successful healers of the sick, in difficult and rare cases, they must be thoroughly educated in and imbued by these principles, and devote their whole time to the practice of the art which they were made to govern ; and hence, while they enlighten their own minds in regard to their physical liabilities and wants, and generally protect their own bodies from the encroachments of disease, they will be among the foremost to encourage the thorough education of young men for the profession, to discriminate between the physician and the charlatan, and to avail themselves of the wisdom and experience of the learned and skillful, in all cases of doubt, of difficulty and danger. The first numbers of this work having been printed in Columbus, where I could get neither good paper nor new type, make, I regret to say, a very poor appearance; but 1 remember that people are not all so unwise as to judge of men by the clothing they wear, nor of gold by the ore in which it is first found: and I hope that they will not condemn this, my first and cheap edition, from the appearance of the first 144 pages, but give it a thorough examination by logic, and demonstration by practice according to its principles, and then they may abuse it, as much as they please. With these few remarks, 1 most respectfully dedicate the following pages to the ser- vice and defence of the many talented and highly respected young gentlemen who called forth their principles and listened to their development, and also to the still more numerous and very kind friends, in all parts of the country, who, by their cash contributions during their progress, have enabled me to complete them, and especially those who, by their, long, patient, and not only good natured but very affictionate for- bearance With my seeming tardiness, have greatly lightened the burden of my labors, and enabled me now to complete them. A. C. ERRATA. This work having been a Ions time in progress of publication; has been subjected to many different compositor?, some of whom have not been very careful in its execution. Some have given me proof sheets which I could scarcely read, and which,of course, I could not fully correct; and then they have not been careful to correct even my indications. Hence, many typographical errors have occurred, the inosi important of which ate here indicated. The reader will please correct them with a pen or pencil before reading. Page 27 line 31, for 12 read 2.—ra. 100 I. 17, for 'blood' read, fluids.—Pa. 101 I, 10, for 'inflaui mation' read, injuries.—Pa. 191. 1, after'remedies' r»ad, relaxants, stimulants and astringents.— - Prop. 781. 11, for'former' read, latter Pa. 137 1.14 from bottom, after'impressibility' read, of the patient.—Pa. 141 1. 23, erase 'not.'—Pa. 205 I. 4, omit comma after polygonum—P. 234 1. 28, in- sert, from, before 'all.'—Pa. 293 I. 17, after 'alterants' add, the bath and friction.—Pa. 295 1. 18, for 'form' read, found Pa- 298 order 8th, for >alistricta' read, adstricta. — Pa. 301 I. 5 from bot- tom, for 'angiana' read, angina.—Pa. 309 I. 11 from hot. for 'Painters's' read, Painter's.—Pa. 311 1. 14, for -arms' read, anus.—Fa. 367 1. 10 tor 'tice' read, 'notice.'—37] bottom line, alter'these' in- sert, there are; and after 'exceptions' a semicolon.—Pa. 379 1. 21, after 'beautiful' insert, [dant.— Pa. 386 last two lines, for 'epiploecle' read, 'epiplocele,'—Pa. 30 par. 5, J. 3, for 'penduloues' read, pendulous.—Pa. 397 I. .» from bot. for 'meneges' read, meninges.—Pa. 400 par. 2 I. 3. for 'cirrila- tion' read, irritation; and last par. for 'titeras' read, uterus—Pa. 405 1. 20, for 'Tetodes' read, Ic- todes; bottom line, blot the o out of 'cardammoine.'—406 1.13 from bot for'Ahes' recd.Abirs; I. 12, lor 'excharotic' read, cscharotic—408 I. G. for 'z' read, x; 1. 7 from bot. for 'list'read best— Pa. 409 last line after 'manna insert a comma.—Pa. 410 I 21, for -sanguenaria' read, sanguinaria; and next line, put a comma between leptandra and jnslans—-Pa. 413 I. 25, for 'poweders' read, powders; and line 12 from bottom read, precise Pa. 415 last line of prragraph 4, read linimenls,— Pa. 418 2d line from bottom, read, azedaraah.—Pa. 425 1. 2d from bottom, read, Hontodon; and 1. ?, do. inenispernnm,—Pa. 430 first word re should be a.—Pa. 433 I. 3, for 'anirn' read, animal.— Pa. 436 I. 3 from bot. for 'roots' read, root.—Pa. 411 I. 1, for 'Aspleinfolia' read Asplenifolia.