Remarks on the present state of the medical profession : shewing chiefly the necessity for the division of labour in its practice / by Leonard Stewart.

  • Stewart, Leonard, 1798-1849.
Date:
1826
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Credit: Remarks on the present state of the medical profession : shewing chiefly the necessity for the division of labour in its practice / by Leonard Stewart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    But, (tliat we may not be accused of drawing our examples from institutions, which are thought to partake of the spirit of the past, rather than of the present day,) let us enquire— how is information communicated to the world, when there is no interference of authority with the wishes of individuals ? How, for example, are books written? Is it most common to publish general dictionaries, or particular ti-ea- tises? And even when dictionaries or ency- clopedias are framed, is it usually by the same person ? These works, so useful in giving a fixedness to the floating information of the day, and marking the periodical advance of science, ai'e generally too extensive for the grasp of a single mind. And indeed they are most valued when known to be compiled, in a great measure, by separate persons; or from different writers on distinct subjects. On the other hand, we daily find men employing, most usefully, their whole attention to illustrate some mere point in the wide circle of professional knowledge. And surely we do them no wrong when we suppose, that where they have most concentrated the