A treatise on the scrofulous disease / by C.G. Hufeland ; translated from the French of M. Bousquet by Charles D. Meigs.

  • Hufeland, Christoph Wilhelm, 1762-1836.
Date:
1829
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Credit: A treatise on the scrofulous disease / by C.G. Hufeland ; translated from the French of M. Bousquet by Charles D. Meigs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WHEN a disease spreads in so frightful a manner as Scrofula, exercises so fatal an influence on the constitution, and is so re- bellious against all the resources of art, every philanthropic physician ought, doubtless, to make it the special object of his study, and contribute his share of effort, successfully to combat with his brethren, against so terri- ble an enemy. Hence, I acknowledge I was agreeably surprised to learn that the Imperial Society of Naturalists had called the attention of the profession to so important a subject, by the offer of a prize. I felt in duty bound to contend for it, and immediately began to A 2