Memoir of Sir John Forbes ... / [Edmund Alexander Parkes].

  • Edmund Alexander Parkes
Date:
1862
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Credit: Memoir of Sir John Forbes ... / [Edmund Alexander Parkes]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    His accurate mind foresaw the great weight of this new discovery, and in this he was in advance of most of the physicians of the day. Even Dr. Baillie, to whom the trans- lation was dedicated, expressed doubts whether auscultation would ever be used in general practice, although this great patho- logist fully appreciated Laennec's discoveries in morbid anatomy. Some years later Forbes published a translation of Aven- brugger on 'Percussion.' Had he been ambitious of notoriety or fond of money, this would have been the time for his re- moval to London. He would have had the large practice in chest complaints which fell to others who brought Laennec's views before the public. The translation of Laennec went through three editions; it has long been out of print, but it is much c 2
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