A series of essays on inflammation and its varieties : tending to show, that most diseases either consist in inflammation, or are consequences of it, more or less remote / by Henry Clutterbuck, M.D.

  • Clutterbuck, Henry, 1767-1856.
Date:
1846
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Credit: A series of essays on inflammation and its varieties : tending to show, that most diseases either consist in inflammation, or are consequences of it, more or less remote / by Henry Clutterbuck, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It is by no means my intention, however, to enter here into a minute discussion of the various theories, (as they are flatteringly termed,) that have prevailed at different periods, or that now prevail, with respect to this all-engrossing sub- ject. To attempt this, would be an invidious, as well as almost endless task; and of little use (un- less by way of caution,) for any practical purpose. Still less am I actuated by a desire of suggesting any novelties on the subject, either of a theoretical or practical nature: for as to theonj, I believe it to be impossible, in the present state of our physiological and pathological knowledge, to frame any of a sufficiently comprehensive character that would not be open to numerous and insurmount- able objections; while, in respect to practice, I am disposed to question whether, with all our alleged improvements in science, and with a host of new and powerful agents at our command, we can justly boast of much greater success, in our efforts to relieve or remove disease, than our early progenitors.