An essay on the treatment and cure of pulmonary consumption, on principles natural, rational, and successful / by George Bodington.

  • Bodington George, 1799-1882.
Date:
1840
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Credit: An essay on the treatment and cure of pulmonary consumption, on principles natural, rational, and successful / by George Bodington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    INTKODUCTION. In venturing to put forth an Essay on the ahnost hopeless subject of the treatment and cure of Pul- monary Consumption, which has been so often written upon, and viewed in so many and various ways, and yet is generally felt and considered still to remain in statu quo, whilst the wants of the community at large, as regards this particular disease, are greatly on the increase, and the character and power of the medical art, as a curative and remedial means, continues ob- scured under a dark and cheerless cloud; for these reasons the Author trusts to obtain that forbearance and indulgence from his medical brethren, of which he is conscious he so much stands in need of; and that they will deem every effort attended with any suc- cess, in this important branch of medicine, of sufficient value to warrant publication, even if the only effect