The morbid anatomy of the brain / by Alexander Monro. Vol. I. Hydrocephalus.

  • Monro, Alexander, 1773-1859.
Date:
1827
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Credit: The morbid anatomy of the brain / by Alexander Monro. Vol. I. Hydrocephalus. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    his lingering conflict, and of giving him all the relief of which his condition is susceptible. Reflections like these are not ill calculated to rouse the industry and ambition of those who are engaged in medical pursuits, and to determine them to the vigorous cultivation of Morbid Ana¬ tomy, from which, as yet, we know not all the benefits that our successors are destined to derive. These, I may repeat, were the chief induce¬ ments to my own exertions; for, to adopt the language of Mr Burke, “ I never should have taken the pains to digest my observations, much less should I have ventured to publish them, if I was not convinced that nothing tends more to the corruption of science than to suffer it to stagnate.” I do not profess to give a comprehensive and connected view of the literary history of various disorders connected with organic derangements of the Brain. My leisure has not permitted me to range over so extensive a field of medical li¬ terature; for the press has furnished so many materials, that life is too short for the study or even perusal of them. I have divided my subject into two Parts,