On the pathology and treatment of suppurative diseases of the ear / by George P. Field.

  • Field, George P. (George Purdey), 1845-
Date:
1893
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Credit: On the pathology and treatment of suppurative diseases of the ear / by George P. Field. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    dreading the customary results of his non-antiseptic surgery, one is forcibly reminded of the words in which are described Christian’s troubles in the Valley of the Shadow of Death :—“ When he sought, in the dark, to shun the ditch on one hand, he was ready to tip over into the mire on the other ; also, when he sought to escape the mire, without great carefulness he would be ready to fall into the ditch.” Though much that lies in our way yet remains obscure, I think we may with thankfulness declare that we have now more than the twilight of early dawn to direct our footsteps. If, Mr. President and Gentlemen, in the lectures which I must now conclude, and to which you have so kindly and so patiently listened, I have helped some few of my auditory in treading the difficult path of successful practice—the mitigation and the prevention of our fellow-creatures’ sufferings, I shall feel myself in- finitely repaid for any trouble I may have bestowed upon their preparation.