Curative medicine, or, Purgation, directed against the cause of diseases : discovered by Doctor Pelgas, acknowledged and analyzed in this work / by Doctor Leroy ... Translated from the 12th ed., by Gabriel Paul ... To which is added, the opinion of Doctor Renard.

  • Le Roy, Louis, active 1820.
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1830
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Credit: Curative medicine, or, Purgation, directed against the cause of diseases : discovered by Doctor Pelgas, acknowledged and analyzed in this work / by Doctor Leroy ... Translated from the 12th ed., by Gabriel Paul ... To which is added, the opinion of Doctor Renard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vltl PREFACE- PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR. THE curative art is brought, in this method, to a sole principle. Nature seems; to have made the revelation, but it was to be acknowledged and searched into. Pelgas, a master in surgery, who had devoted himself for more than forty 3 tars to the practice of his art, may be incontestiby considered as the author of the dis- covery of the cause of diseases. (He died at Nantz, in 1804.) It was he who first found out the most prompt and efficacious means of destroying human infirmities, wnatever may be their denominations and characters; and of preventing diseases, which must be the principal object of every doctor who unitei probity with the science of his profession. It is also to him that is due the solution of the most important and ccmplicutec problems upon the object of purgation, unknown until bis time. These assertions may appear bold at first sight; but an attentive reading of thir work, by fixing ideas floating in an ocean of uncertainties, will convince an} impar- tial man that they are only the frank and artless expressions of truth. Son-in-law of that practitioner, I have adopted the true principles which I e b:\^ established, and I have thought it to be my Jot to give to hi^ discovery all the de« velope.nent it was susceptible of. In tracing a method u\ on those principles, 1 have endeavored to meet the wishes of every patient, and to zr.uke le an;! clear, thwt any one who knows how to read, may understand it, an its benefits to hie fellow creatures. Nearly thirty years of my own practice, added to that 01 my predecessor, and the experience 1 have acquired, are the guarantee of all that is contained in this work. Tie fate of those victims, perishing in the bloom of age, or spending the remain- der of their da) s a prey to different afflictions, bring9 to the heart of everj one. painful censations. And when a patient sinks under the weight of his affections, the iujorepsion produced by the event, awakens sensibility and reason: then, but alas! too late, it is found out that what could have preserved his life, or restored his health, has been omitted. For some years past, the healing art has incontestibly made great conquests over error, or the ignorance of the cause of diseases. No better proof can be given than the rapid sale of the eleven preceding editions, some of which have extended to ten and twelve thousand copies. 1 may yet be persecuted by those who cannot pardon me for having placed in the-h.tndsof the people, powerful means of health,|which free them from the yoke of men who speculate upon the duration of human infirmities. But neither they, nor those whom they may have deceived or led astray, will be able to deprive me of the pleasure and satisfaction I feel at having done some good ; and less again, of the hope I cherish, that, in future, it will be productive of more good: for truth must sooner or later triumph over error and bad faith. I place my method under the safeguard 01 men of sense, who are sincerely the friends of humanity. IMPORTANT ADVICE OF THE AUTHOR. None must make Use of the curative remedies, before havin.7 read and well under- stood this method ; f, »•, to destroy and cure, radical]} . anj bodily affection, a pa- tient must not be influence.] by. any prejudices: his judgment must be based n. on a true and sure principle, which wjQ never deceive him, nn'' will make him disregard all contrary opinions. The four first chapters n ay be sufficient to fix his ideas, and tha abridgement will be a safe guide for him through his course of treat