The household physician : a twentieth century medica a practical description in plain language of all the diseases of men, women and children with the latest discoveries in medicine and most approved methods of treatment / by a corps of eminent specialists, practising physicians and surgeons, Herbert E. Buffum [and others].

Date:
1905
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Credit: The household physician : a twentieth century medica a practical description in plain language of all the diseases of men, women and children with the latest discoveries in medicine and most approved methods of treatment / by a corps of eminent specialists, practising physicians and surgeons, Herbert E. Buffum [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Progress of fledicine Medicine may be divided into a science and an art. It is a sci- ence as it presents facts and evolves principles; an art as it consists of rules for practice. For its present attainments it is indebted partly to researches scientifically conducted, and partly to empirical dis- covery. As a science, medicine is chiefly indebted, and must ever be, to the members of what is called the “regular profession.” This body of men embraces a large number who are alike ornaments of the race, and lights of their profession. It is to the writings of this class that every student must go who would qualify himself for the proper dis- charge of the duties of a physician; and he who attempts the prac- tice of medicine without a knowledge of standard medical writings is either a fool or a knave — either without the brains to understand science, or destitute of the honesty to deal fairly with men. Hydropathy. — Or the plan of treating diseases by water. The singularly careful avoidance, by the whole medical faculty, for many ages, of the article of pure water as a medicinal, or, rather, health- imparting agent, was anything but creditable. It is now admitted by all sensible men that water, cold and warm, used at proper times and to a reasonable extent, has great power over several diseases, and is a powerful promoter of health. Homoeopathy. — This mode of practice is of comparatively recent origin; but it has already sunk itself deep into the popular heart, and has drawn to its support many of the wealthy, the cultivated, and the intelligent, in our most refined communities. They give