An essay on the certainty of medicine / by P.J.G. Cabanis ... ; Translated from the French by R. La Roche.

  • Pierre Jean George Cabanis
Date:
1823
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Credit: An essay on the certainty of medicine / by P.J.G. Cabanis ... ; Translated from the French by R. La Roche. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE OF THE TRANSLATOR. Que de jeunes medecins eussent mieux servi leur art en s’occupant it traduire, au lieu de risquer leur gloire par des productions irr^flechies et prematures! Impressed with the correctness of the above remarks, and with the view of meeting the desires of some members of the profession—fulfilling the request of one of the most distin- guished professors of our university, and enriching the me- dical literature of this country, with an useful and excellent work, I have occupied my leisure moments in the translation of the following essay of Cabanis, on the certainty of our art, which I now present to the medical public, in the sincere hope that it will be found deserving of its approbation. I have endeavoured to convey the author’s meaning, in as simple a style and as literally as the nature of the work, or its peculiar mode of composition would admit, and have not aimed at elegance of diction, from a firm conviction that in a performance of this kind, it is impossible to attain this de- gree of perfection, without a manifest sacrifice, in many in- stances, of the real sense of the original text. Distinct, however, from the reasons I have alleged, as leading me to the selection of the following essay, I felt more B
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