Physiological and medical researches into the causes, symptoms, and treatment of gravel / by F. Magendie ... ; translated by a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London.

  • Magendie, François, 1783-1855.
Date:
1818
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Credit: Physiological and medical researches into the causes, symptoms, and treatment of gravel / by F. Magendie ... ; translated by a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Having made some observations re- specting gravel which tend to elucidate the causes of that disease, and point out a mode of treatment more mild and effi- cacious than that hitherto employed, I have considered that I should render some service to science and to persons afflicted with this malady, in publishing the result of my researches respecting it. My intention is to write an essay on the manner in which the chemical know- ledge of the present day, and the results of physiological experiments conducted with care and attention, may be applied to the practice of medicine ; to point out the ill consequences which have and may yet ensue from the abuse of these acquirements; and to show that the proper use of them, that is, when they are confined to what is evident, may, and has really been, productive of the greatest advantages. Men of science will judge if the theory I advance be correct; and medical practitioners, if the mode of treatment I propose is beneficial.