Infectious diseases : their etiology, diagnosis, and treatment / by G. H. Roger, tr. by M. S. Gabriel, M.D., illustrated with forty-three engravings.

  • Roger, Henri, 1860-1946.
Date:
1903
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Credit: Infectious diseases : their etiology, diagnosis, and treatment / by G. H. Roger, tr. by M. S. Gabriel, M.D., illustrated with forty-three engravings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    PREFACE. Those members of the profession who confine their reading to English alone will welcome this translation of Professor Roger'fi great work. His subject comprehends almost the entire BCO] internal medicine and touches many of the principles underlying modern surgery as well. During the last decades the marvellous discoveries in pathology have succeeded one another with such bewildering rapidity that time has apparently been lacking for the assimilation of the newly acquired knowledge; and, as a result, many have failed to corre- late the new theories with the old facts. The effect of the present volume is to harmonize any seeming antagonism between experi- mental research and clinical observation, and to reduce the theories of infection and immunity to the basis of practical utility. This material could not have been prepared by a laboratory investigator however brilliant, nor by a clinician however pro- found his experience, nor yet could it have been the product of collaboration: its creation remained for one who combined the instincts and training of a student at home in original research with almost unprecedented opportunities for clinical investigation. Possessed of an equal facility in each. Professor Roger has pursued clinical and experimental researches jointly, although he always subordinates the latter to the former and never loses sight of the fact that the purpose of the laboratory is to amplify and explain clinical observations, to the end that from both the therapist should receive information indispensable to practical results. With the directness of the true philosopher, the author unfolds his subjects by using the simplest methods. He first studies the