Lectures on the principles and practice of physic; delivered at King's College, London / by Thomas Watson.

  • Sir Thomas Watson, 1st Baronet
Date:
1847
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    OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON WATSOFS PRACTICE OF PHYSIC. The. Publishers have great pleasure in submitting the following letter from Professor Chapman, as well as a few of the notices of the medical press, with which this work has been honoured. Philadelphia, September '27th, 1844. Watson’s Practice of Physic, in my opinion, is among the most comprehen¬ sive works on the subject extant, replete with curious and important matter, and written with great perspicuity and felicity of manner. As calculated to do much good, I cordially recommend it to that portion of the profession in this country who may be influenced by my judgment. N. CHAPMAN, M.D. Professor of the Practice and Theory of Medicine In the University of Pennsylvania. “ We know of no work better calculated for being placed in the hands of the student, and for a text book, and as such we are sure it will be very extensively adopted. On every import¬ ant point the author seems to have posted up his knowledge to the day.”—American Medical Journal. “ In the Lectures of Dr. Watson, now republished here in a large and closely printed volume, we have a body of doctrine and practice of medicine well calculated, by its intrinsic soundness and correctness of style, to instruct the student and younger practitioner, and improve members of the profession of every age.”—Bulletin of Medical Science. “ We regard these lectures as the best exposition of their subjects of any we remember to have read. The author is assuredly master of his art. His has been a life of observation and study, and in this work he has given us the matured results of these mental efforts.”—New Or¬ leans Medical Journal. “ We know not, indeed, of any work of the same size that contains a greater amount of inte¬ resting and useful matter. The author is evidently well acquainted with everything appertaining to the principles and practice of medicine, and has incorporated the stores of his well-stocked mind, in the work before us, so ably and agreeably, that it is impossible for the interest of the reader to flag for a moment. That they are well adapted for such a purpose, all must admit; but their sphere of usefulness may extend much beyond this. We are satisfied, indeed, that no physician, well read and observant as he may be, can rise from their perusal without having added largely to his stock of valuable information.”—Medical Examiner. “In this volume of the ‘ Principles and Practice of Medicine,’ we have before us a mass of information which is rarely to be found within the boards of a single volume. This is the age ol condensation. Here is brought together mature views of the present state of the science, by a lecturer, acknowledged by all to be of the first order, and that which was spread over 1700 pages of the London edition, we have in about 1100, (of course large pages,) and so cheap that no me¬ dical reader will hesitate a moment to transfer it from the bookseller’s counter to his own table, where it should lie constantly before him.”—U. S. Gazette. “ We know of no systematic work on the Practice of Medicine equal to this. To extensive erudition and natural cleverness, the discrimination and tact of a practical man, personally fami¬ liar with all he treats of, is added. Besides showing himself a sound pathologist in these pages, he proves that he is an admirable therapeutist. A vein of practical good sense distinguishes every page. The time and patience of the reader are not consumed by idle disquisitions on mooted points of no real utility. The style is agreeable, and we may even say fascinating. To the medical student we consider the work as invaluable, and there are few practitioners, old or young, who, on reading it, will not be willing to acknowledge their obligations to it.”—Saturday Post. “ The medical literature of this country has been enriched by a work of standard excellence, which we can proudly hold up to our brethren of other countries as a representative of the natu¬ ral state of British medicine, as professed and practised by our most enlightened physicians. And, for our own parts, we are not only willing that our characters as scientific physicians and skilful practitioners may be deduced from the doctrines contained in this book, but we hesitate 0)
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