The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body / by Matthew Baillie.

  • Baillie, Matthew, 1761-1823.
Date:
1793
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Credit: The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body / by Matthew Baillie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    is the best means of producing this effect ; and whatever change may be wrought on the individuals themselves, the world will be convinced, who have fewer prejudices to combat. A person who previously had attended very accurately to symptoms, but was un- acquainted with the disease, when he comes to examine the body after death, and finds some of the appearances that are described in this Treatise, will acquire a knowledge of the whole disease. He will be able to guide himself on such knowledge in similar cases, and also to inform others. It may, perhaps, too, lead him to a proper method of treatment. When a person has become well ac- quainted with diseased appearances, he will be better able to make his remarks, in exa- mining dead bodies, so as to judge more accurately how far the symptoms and