Medical common sense : applied to the causes, prevention and cure of chronic diseases, and unhappiness in marriage / by Edward B. Foote.

  • Foote, Edward B. (Edward Bliss), 1829-1906.
Date:
1858
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    masses and the erudition of the unprejudiced scholar to believe that it will bo received with unapprcciation and indifference. Many of tlio theories which these pages will advance are certainly new and antago- nistic to those of old fogyism, but it does not follow that they are incorrect or unworthy the consideration of the philosophical and physiolo- gical enquirer. They are founded upon careful observation, experiment, and e.vtensive medical practice, and if the truth of the theories may be judged by the success of the latter, then do they unmistakably possess soundness as well as originality, for living monuments to the skill and success of the author have been and arc being daily raised from beds of sickness and debility in every part of the United States. If these remarks sound boastful, be not less ready to pardon the conceit of a successful physician than that of a victorious soldier. The successful military chieftan is notoriously conceited; is it not as honorable and elevating to save life as destroy it? If a man may boast that he has slain hundreds, cannot his egotism be indulged if he has saved the lives of thousands? I shall claim the soldier's prerogative, for when medical charlatans, at every street corner, arc blowing their trumpets, it does not behoove the successful physician to nurse his modesty. 'What I write, however, shall be written in candor and with an honest intention of enlightening and benefiting humanity.