An address to medical and surgical pupils, on the studies and duties of their profession; to which is appended, a case of caesarean operation / by James Barlow.

  • Barlow, James.
Date:
1839
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Credit: An address to medical and surgical pupils, on the studies and duties of their profession; to which is appended, a case of caesarean operation / by James Barlow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and it is practice, united with experience, which makes the scientific surgeon. Principles should be founded on observation and experience, and all hypothesis thrown aside; the one is a sure light to guide the judgment, and serves to direct the way of the practitioner; while the other may he compared to an ignis fattens, almost sure to lead him into error. The attention should he directed to well selected Medical and Surgical cases, for it is well known that neither the principles nor practice alone can be sufficiently impressed upon the mind of the student; there must also he a close attention to the nature, progress, and event of disease, and a personal acquaintance with the appropriate method of cure. Hence no amount of theoretical knowledge can be received as a substitute for attentive study whilst at the bedside of the patient. It is the practice of students, who are attending the Hospitals, to look up with avidity to the greater surgical operations, without paying due regard to minor cases; and this omission cannot be too much cautioned against, for it is by attention to these lesser bodily evils and operations that young men acquire a competent knowledge of each department of Surgeiy. It is, then, by a mature judgment, combined with practical experience, which will make Surgery beneficial to our fellow-creatures. The student should bear •v» in mind, in the early part of his studies, that the