Partial syllabic lists of the clinical morphologies of the blood, sputum, feces, skin, urine, vomitus, foods : including potable waters, ice and the air, and the clothing (after Salisbury) / by Ephraim Cutter.

  • Cutter, Ephraim, 1832-1917.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Partial syllabic lists of the clinical morphologies of the blood, sputum, feces, skin, urine, vomitus, foods : including potable waters, ice and the air, and the clothing (after Salisbury) / by Ephraim Cutter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    PREFACE. For some years the writer has needed a pub- lished list of the clinical morphologies for the use of his pupils. He has waited long to have the lists complete, but in vain. Complete knowledge of any subject is about as rare as a completed city. Knowledge is ever on the increase, like most of our cities. We use our cities even if incomplete, so must we use our knowledge as far as it goes. One object of this work is to show the height and depth, the length and breadth of the so-called Salisbury plans; that they are en- titled to respectful hearing; that they include a wide survey and comprehensive grasp of the world that comes in contact with our bodies, outside and in ; that they have no narrowness of range nor contraction of vision ; that they deal with facts more than with opinions; that the tests to which they may be subject are close at hand and near to reach. Tliey are cis- not transatlantic. These morphologies also show that the writer has not ridden a one-horse hobby in satisfying his mind of the truth of the plans named, but