Essays on hypochrondriacal and other nervous affections / by J. Reid.

  • Reid, John, 1776-1822.
Date:
1816
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Credit: Essays on hypochrondriacal and other nervous affections / by J. Reid. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    may-be in a situation like that of a sur- geon, who at the time that he is occupied in tying up one artery, is not aware that his patient is bleeding to death at an- other. — Intellect is not omnipotent; but its actual power over the organized matter to which it is attached is much greater than is usually imagined. The anatomy of the mind, therefore, should be learnt, as well as that of the body ; the study of its constitution in general, and its peculiarities, or what may be tech- nically called its idiosyncrasies, in any individual case, ought to be regarded as one of the most essential branches of a medical education. . The savage, the rustic, the mechanical drudge, and the infant whose faculties have not had time to unfold themselves, or which (to make use of physiological language) have not as yet been secreted, may, for the most part, be regarded as