Cure of the sick : not homoeopathy, not allopathy, but judgment / by John Spurgin.

  • John Spurgin
Date:
1860
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    errors, and by the correction of many preconcep- tions and predilections. The aim of the Harveian Oration was to illustrate this position, and to demonstrate how important the process is in its subserviency to the healing art. In the following year I essayed Six Lectures on Materia Medica, an annual course that was founded by the Eoyal College of Physicians, Ne noster honos infractave cedat Fama loco, for the purpose not only of explaining the sources, preparations, and properties of medicines, but also of unfolding the principles which should be ob- served in their administration. I availed myself of the latter division of the subject, by reason of its vast extent and import- ance, seeing that, under this head, Materia Medica embraces Medical Science in general, with its manifold relations to human pathology. Such an undertaking required, therefore, an ex- amination of certain principles and laws, which the animal economy presents to our observation for its preservation and perpetuation. This ex- amination resulted in the advancement of some very important points, that differ materially from those generally received in the schools of medicine,
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