Volume 2

A Textbook of the theory and practice of medicine ... / edited by William Pepper.

Date:
1893-94
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Credit: A Textbook of the theory and practice of medicine ... / edited by William Pepper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. In the preparation of this work some of the teachers of Practical Medi- cine in leading schools of America have associated themselves, in order that each subject should be discussed by an expert of special authority. It may, then, be said to represent truly the best teaching of the science and art of Medicine at the present time in this country. As such it is offered to the medical profession and to the large body of our medical students, with the earnest hope that it will be found to meet their needs and to prove a safe guide. Especial care has been taken to provide a strong article on Hygiene, including the full discussion of disinfection, isolation, and other principles of preventive medicine. Bacteriology is treated at length by an eminent author- ity, while in connection with each of the infectious diseases full consideration is given to the nature and cause of the morbid process. The important subject of Intestinal Parasites is presented with unusual fulness. Here, as well as in connection with bacteriology, no pains have been spared to provide the best illustrations; so, too, wherever the text has seemed to require it, charts and diagrams have been freely used. The object of the work is essentially a practical one. The subjects are treated in an authoritative manner. It has been impossible to give space for bibliographical lists or for many references. Any apparent absence of recog- nition of the views of other writers must be attributed to this cause. The sections on Symptomatology, Diagnosis, and Treatment are especially full, and many formula? are admitted. Important assistance has been rendered in the preparation of this work bv Dr. F. A. Packard, who has been associated with the Editor in the revision of MSS. and the correction of the proof-sheets. WILLIAM PEPPER. 1811 Spruce St., Philadelphia, \ January 30, 1893. >
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