Volume 1

Political medicine ; being the substance of a discourse lately delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, on medicine, considered in its relations to government and legislation / [Henry Maunsell].

  • Henry Maunsell
Date:
1839
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Credit: Political medicine ; being the substance of a discourse lately delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, on medicine, considered in its relations to government and legislation / [Henry Maunsell]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    POLITICAL MEDICINE. IT cannot but be matter of regret, to those who desire the progress of civilization and the welfare of the human race, to observe the gradual declension which the art of medicine has suffered in public esti- mation during late years. That such a declension has, however, taken place, will not be denied by any who are acquainted with the history of medicine, and of its cultivation, during the past and present centuries; and to such it must be matter of painful interest to inquire into the causes of this backward movement, and the means, if any, of checking its course. It is with the view of commencing this inquiry that I have under- taken to bring before the public the following brief and imperfect observations, upon a subject which, in default of a better and more precise name, I shall denominate POLITICAL MEDICINE. This name will, no doubt, be exposed to many criti- cisms, and may, probably, be considered, by those unable or unwilling to enter into the views which have induced me to adopt it, as an inadmissible novelty. To the same individuals the principles and opinions which I mean to designate by it will, I have A
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