Preservative plan; or, hints for the preservation of persons exposed to those accidents which suddenly suspend or extingui[s]h vital action, and by which many valuable lives are prematurely lost to the community / by A. Fothergill.

  • Fothergill, A. (Anthony), 1732?-1813.
Date:
1798
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Credit: Preservative plan; or, hints for the preservation of persons exposed to those accidents which suddenly suspend or extingui[s]h vital action, and by which many valuable lives are prematurely lost to the community / by A. Fothergill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Nunquam homini'fatis cautum eft in boras. Hor. MIDST the cafualties which prematurely abbreviate the fpan of life, there are fome which can neither be forefeen nor prevented: a much greater number, however, evidently proceed from ignorance, inattention, or ralhnefs. Tn the critical moment of danger, there is no time for cool reflexion, and few have fufficient prefence of mind to avail themfelves of the beft expedients that circumftances admit of; nay, the very remedy to which they have recourfe, often ferves but to aggravate the calamity. Since prevention is generally more eafy and better than cure, it becomes the humane phyfician to point out the moft probable means by which fatal accidents may be prevented; and even, where thofe fail, to fuggeft the fpeedieft methods of mitigating their terrible effedts. Were it poffible to induce the common people to liften to the didlates of reafon and common fenfe, and thus prevent them from wantonly running into danger, or increafing the mifchief, by remedies worfe than the difeafe, it would be one great ftep towards the accomplifhment of our plan. It would enable us , not only to difarm natural evils of their poignancy, but alfo to pour the balm of patience into thofe wounds of afflidtion that are unavoidable.