Essays on hypochondriasis, and other nervous affections / By John Reid.

  • John Reid
Date:
1821
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Credit: Essays on hypochondriasis, and other nervous affections / By John Reid. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cn may be in a situation like that of a sur- geon, who at the time that he is occupied in tying up one artery, is not aware that his patient. is bleeding to death at an- other. — Intellect is not omnipotent; but its actual power over the organized matter to which it is attached is much greater than is usually imagined. The anatomy of the minp, therefore, should be learnt, as well as that of the body; the study of its constitution in general, and _ its peculiarities, or what may be technically called its idiosyncrasies, in any indivi- dual case, ought to be regarded as one of the most essential branches of a medical — education. | The savage, the rustic, the mechanical drudge, and the infant whose faculties have not had time to unfold themselves, or which (to make use of physiological language) have not as yet been secreted, may, for the most part, be regarded as
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