The physician. I. The cholera / [Anon].

  • Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Date:
1832
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Credit: The physician. I. The cholera / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION, Thoroughly to understand the nature and treatment of any malady whatever, requires a previous and an exact acquaintance with the sciences of Anatomy and Physiology, which describe the structure and the actions or func- tions of the human body. The structure and functions of all the parts have so mutual a dependence, and so many connexions, that no part can be studied entirely separate from the rest. But a very useful degree of knowledge, both of anatomy and physiology, may be ac- quired by any one who is able to read, and who possesses ordinary powers of observation ; and it is to be regretted that so few persons of liberal education, or so few who are fond of something more than light reading, compre- hend these sciences in their plan of reading and study; and that there is, as an almost necessary consequence, so little accurate po- pular knowledge diffused concerning them. Enough might be learnt, without great trouble, to enable any one to form a tolerably clear conception of the character of many of the most common disorders; and this kind of knowledge, whilst it would protect the public from the frauds of quackery, would also abo- lish many hurtful customs and habits, and substitute others for them more conducive to