The pathology and diagnosis of diseases of the chest; illustrated especially by a rational exposition of their physical signs. With new researches on the sounds of the heart / [Charles J.B. Williams].

  • Williams, Charles J. B. (Charles James Blasius), 1805-1889
Date:
1835
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Credit: The pathology and diagnosis of diseases of the chest; illustrated especially by a rational exposition of their physical signs. With new researches on the sounds of the heart / [Charles J.B. Williams]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    yielding to the opposition of prejudice, or of falling into oblivion through neglect. Too many ears have been opened to the language of disease, to suffer its warnings to be lost without a listener; too many minds are convinced of the truth of its admonitions, to permit them to pass, as hitherto, unheeded. Those who are disposed to study the signs of auscultation and percussion, will soon find in that study the proofs of their merit and importance; those who will not examine them, are not likely to be more moved by any commendations that I could bestow, than by those that have already been written in their favour. The “ Traité de ’Auscultation Médiate,” and the perfect translation of Dr. Forbes, are at length gene- rally appreciated, even in this country, slow to award its meed of praise. The homage paid to the talents of the author, gives me a gratification that almost seems personal; and I doubt not that this feeling is shared by others of his pupils, in whom his urbane and amiable deportment created a sincere regard for the man, as his great mental abilities excited our respect. His great talents are known to the public through the medium of his writings; but those who attended his clanzque can only appreciate the wonder- ful acuteness of his perception, and faculty for obser- vation, that enabled him to carry his discovery to the degree of perfection in which he left it; and they, above all, witnessed, felt, and profited by the solicitous interest which he showed to make others partake of its inestimable advantages. They felt in his death the loss of a friend ; as science had to de- plore the loss of his talents: he has wrought a good work for both; the feeling shall last while they last ;