A treatise on diseases of the nervous system / by J.C. Prichard.

  • Prichard, James Cowles, 1786-1848.
Date:
1822
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Credit: A treatise on diseases of the nervous system / by J.C. Prichard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    stances I have been anticipated bj recent authors; and, in many cases, have pursued a path of investigation aheady entered upon. If, indeed, I did not imagine my work to contain something more than is universally known on the subject of it, I should not have the presumption to offer it to the public. But I am not so sanguine as to flatter myself with the expectation of mak- ing any signal advances in a field in which the most intelligent men have been exerting, in various ways, their power of observation during many ages. To the histories of particular cases, which are adduced as examples, I have added such remarks as were necessary, in order to point out the inferences that appeared to result from them separately, and by comparison. These facts and observations form the basis of this treatise. The remainder consists of inquiries and reflections on subjects which I was naturally led to consider, by their