A treatise on the diseases and surgical operations of the mouth, and parts adjacent : with notes on interesting cases, ancient and modern / by M. Jourdain ; translated from the last French edition.

  • Jourdain, M. (Anselme Louis Bernard Bréchillet), 1734-1816.
Date:
1851
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases and surgical operations of the mouth, and parts adjacent : with notes on interesting cases, ancient and modern / by M. Jourdain ; translated from the last French edition. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    debility, nature does not require much assistance in effecting the cure of surgical diseases after the offending cause is removed, and a way opened for the escape of necessary discharges. It is not simply necessary to know what to apply, but also when to apply it; and we question if ill timed interference has not been productive of as much evil as the misapplication of rem- edies. The calling of the surgeon is a noble one, but he should re- member that after all, he is only an assistant, and often a feeble one, to that all pervading power which we are pleased to term Nature. The most brilliant operations of art would fail if not seconded by nature; while on the other hand, most formidable injuries may recover with scarce any assistance from art. Let us not, then, by any useless or hurtful appliances, seek to claim to ourselves a glory which of right is due only to Him who has endowed our bodies with such wonderful powers of self-restoration.]