Principles of medicine : an elementary view of the causes, nature, treatment, diagnosis and prognosis of disease with brief remarks on hygienics, or the preservation of health / by Charles J.B. Williams.

  • Williams, Charles J. B. (Charles James Blasius), 1805-1889.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Principles of medicine : an elementary view of the causes, nature, treatment, diagnosis and prognosis of disease with brief remarks on hygienics, or the preservation of health / by Charles J.B. Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    but no sooner was it discovered that the “ Principles” were essentially and in- telligibly practical, than the demand for the work became sufficient to exhaust two editions, long before I could find time to replace them. Several editions have also appeared on the Continent and in America. I have now to express my regret that the incessant engagements of my practice have so long delayed the appearance of this edition. In fact, it might have been deferred much longer, if I had not secured the valuable assistance of my friend, and former pupil, Dr. R. J. Mann, who has contributed several articles on recent investigations in Physiology and Animal Chemistry, and has taken great pains in revising the composition of the whole work. To my friend, Mr. George Gulliver, I am also indebted for looking over the chapters on Diseases of the Blood and Inflammation, and for very important microscopic contributions on these subjects. Free reference has been made to various recent authors on Physiology and Pathology; but I would especially mention the works of Dr. Carpenter, Mr. Paget, and Professor Rokitansky, as sources from which I have derived much valuable information. It is right to mention that several of the early sheets of this work have been printed more than twelve months, which will account for the absence from them of reference to the most recent facts. 49 Upper Brook Street, August 8th, 1856.