An exposition of quackery and imposture in medicine; being a popular treatise on medical philosophy / With notes by W. Wright.

  • Ticknor, Caleb, 1804-1840
Date:
1839
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Credit: An exposition of quackery and imposture in medicine; being a popular treatise on medical philosophy / With notes by W. Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE READER. The object of the following pages is to overthrow quackery in medicine, by exposing its errors, its false pretensions, and its unjust claims upon the community for support. The only way to era¬ dicate error is to plant the germ of truth; and this the author has attempted* by presenting to the public, in this volume, the elements of medical science. He has however traversed but a small part of the territory which his subject embraces; but he flatters himself that lie has gone over sufficient to convince the reader that, to ensure success in the treatment of disease, all the accumulated skill and science of past ages is absolutely indispensable. This volume does not profess to teach every man to be his own doctor ; but, on the contrary, it aims to show7 that, to cure diseases, something more is requisite than a dose of patent medicine, whether it come in the form of pills, powders,