The plan adopted by the governors of the Middlesex-Hospital for the relief of persons afflicted with cancer.

  • Howard, John, -1808.
Date:
1792
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Credit: The plan adopted by the governors of the Middlesex-Hospital for the relief of persons afflicted with cancer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    gentleman of the hofpital, with the patient before him; his notes to be corrected by himfelf, and kept as a record of the hif- toiy and circumftances of each cafe, to be recurred to, as an authority, by any in- telligent or fcientific perfon. A copy of thefe notes may be kept, fairly written, for general infpe&ion; and, if any thing extraordinary or worthy of more particular notice arife from thefe fources, let the circumftances be publifhed to the world at- large. By an inftitution, comprehending the two objedts now pointed out, I have a hope not only that the difeafed, but that pradtitioners in general, may be benefited; that much ufeful knowledge may be difle- minated, and that we may, in no great length of time, be furnifhed with docu- ments, on the difeafe and cure, much more authentic than any we are at this time in pofTefTion