Notes of lectures on the American practice of medicine : delivered in the American Medical College at Cincinnati, O. / by S. Hollister Potter.

  • Potter, S. Hollister.
Date:
1855
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    NOTES OF LECTURES. PAET I. GENERAL PATHOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS. The Theory and Practice of Medicine is generally under- stood to embrace all the branches of medical science, except Midwifery and Surgery, which directly refer to the knowledge and treatment of disease, and to the preservation of health. Pathology is that department of Practice which has for its object the knowledge of disease, and is divided into general and special. General Pathology treats of what is common to diseases in general, or to many of them. Special Pathology explains what is peculiar to individual diseases. Therapeutics is the second great department of Practice, or that which concerns the treatment of diseases, which may also be considered general or special, according as it teaches the principles of treatment common to many disorders, or the particular course of treatment required by each one separately. Hygiene is the third department, and points out the means of preventing disease and of preserving health. The foregoing is the scientific arrangement of the different subjects of practical medicine, but the natural mode of teach- ing it has been found the most effective. Therefore a vivid 2