Text-book of nervous diseases : being a compendium for the use of students and practitioners of medicine / by Charles L. Dana.

  • Charles Loomis Dana
Date:
1901
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    PREFACE. It is the object of the author in this treatise to present the sci- ence of neurology in a concise yet as far as possible complete form. Each subject has been taken, all the available facts regarding it have been ascertained, the writer's own experience has been col- lated, and with the data thus gathered the chapters have been writ- ten. The labor involved in such a task has been very great, but I am encouraged to believe that the result will be a useful one; for the work does not compare or compete with the large treatises which are already in the field nor with the smaller introductory text- books. I have tried to furnish a book which will be suitable for the student and practitioner and not valueless to the specialist. The extreme importance of a knowledge of anatomy has led me to pay especial attention to furnishing in a condensed form the most recent accessions to our knowledge of this subject. Starting with the facts that can be gained in ordinary anatomical works, the stu- dent can, I believe, acquire a good idea of modern neuro-anatomy with the help of the anatomical chapters given here. In the classification of nervous diseases and the description of their pathology, I have tried to apply the modern knowledge of general pathology as modified by bacteriology. This I have done conservatively, yet not less than in my opinion is absolutely de- manded. A good deal of havoc will be wrought eventually in our conception of the nature of nervous diseases by the newer patho- logical doctrines; I have made as little change as was consonant with undeniable facts. The limits placed upon me have made it impossible to furnish a bibliography ox to give due credit to every original investigator. Full references to literature are to be found in the works of Hirt, Erb, Seeligmuller, Ross, and Growers. In many topics I have been much helped by valuable mono- 41GJJ;]