On obscure diseases of the brain, and disorders of the mind : their incipient symptoms, pathology, diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis.

  • Forbes Benignus Winslow
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1860
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Credit: On obscure diseases of the brain, and disorders of the mind : their incipient symptoms, pathology, diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Gerstein Science Information Centre at the University of Toronto, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Gerstein Science Information Centre, University of Toronto.

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    Olf OBSCURE DISEASES OF THE BRAIN AKD MIND. CHAPTER I. Introduction. THERE is not in the whole range of medical literature, ancient or modern, a passage that transcends in gran- deur of conception, majesty of diction, and sublimity of truth, the exordium with which Hippocrates introduces to the reader his celebrated aphorisms: 1. *O /3ioc /3/oa)(uc (Life is short}; 2. 'H & rtyvii /la/c/oi} (Art long); 3. 'O & K-ai/ooe o£u? (The occasion feetiny]; 4. 'H a<j>a\tpii (Experience fallacious); 5. 'H St Kpiais (Judgment difficult}. *O Sc Kaipoq o^uc- How important it is, to fully appreciate, when considering the treatment of the diseases of all vital structures, the practical significance of this great medical apophthegm. The occasion feeling f Let this profoundly wise axiom ever be present to the mind, and engraven in imperishable materials, and in indestructible characters, upon the memory. these fleeting moments of inestimable, incalcul- able, and precious value, are neglected or trifled with; if serious morbid states of brain are overlooked, or, if B
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