The homoeopathic theory and practice of medicine (Volume 1).

  • Marcy, E. E. (Erastus Edgerton), 1815-1900.
Date:
1865
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    PEEFACE. The authors present this work to the profession with a hope that it may afford some aid to the medical man in the midst of his arduous and, sometimes, perplexing prac- tical duties, as well as to the neophite who has just en- tered the portals of the temple of medicine. While we have endeavored to present the results of our personal experience respecting the causes, nature, and treatment of diseases, we have not failed to collate, con- dense, and illustrate the discoveries and opinions of other physicians touching medicine and the collateral sciences. We have freely quoted from the writings of other reput- able physicians, with a view of presenting to the pro- fession all the varieties and shades of opinion in the homoeopathic school. These views have been arranged and introduced in proper order under the various topics dis- cussed; and it is proper in this place to remark that many of these opinions do not accord with our own. But as we are advocates of the largest liberty in all that pertains to medical thought and medical progress, we have deemed it expedient to furnish as complete a tab- leaux of the field of homoeopathic literature as possible.