Facts and observations on liver complaints, and bilious disorders in general : and on those derangements of that important organ, and of its immediate or intimate connections, which most sensibly influence the biliary secretion : with practical deductions drawn from an ample share of experience, and a close and constant attention to this subject, in various climates; connected by an appropriate and successful mode of treatment. : the whole illustrated and confirmed by an extensive selection of cases, demonstrating the many serious and fatal consequences, which too often arise from a mistaken view of the primary seat of disease / by John Faithhorn.

Faithhorn, John

Date:: 1820

Credit: Facts and observations on liver complaints, and bilious disorders in general : and on those derangements of that important organ, and of its immediate or intimate connections, which most sensibly influence the biliary secretion : with practical deductions drawn from an ample share of experience, and a close and constant attention to this subject, in various climates; connected by an appropriate and successful mode of treatment. : the whole illustrated and confirmed by an extensive selection of cases, demonstrating the many serious and fatal consequences, which too often arise from a mistaken view of the primary seat of disease / by John Faithhorn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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on society; and prevents many from falling victims to error in the treatment, or placing themselves in impro- per hands. Every man becomes thus a critic on his own complaint; and it is of the highest consequence, that he should be able to form a correct, rather than an erroneous judgment. Besides, patients are often placed at a distance from professional aid: by works of this kind, they are better enabled to give a proper descrip- tion of their ailments, and thus to furnish a practitioner with more accurate information, in order to obtain that relief which they could not otherwise acquire, without the previous knowledge which such writings impart. It is not, however, meant to extend so far as to imply, that every man, by such means, may become his own physician; this is an unfortunate error, and which has often been exercised to a disastrous extreme. The best that popular treatises on medicine can do, is, to put patients on their guard; and in doing this, they are certainly of great utility to mankind. One reason assigned for a publication of this kind, by the Author, and in which opinion all the best in- formed writers agree, is, that disorders of the liver are often apt to be mistaken, from their similarity to sto- mach complaints, and even some other affections of the abdominal viscera; hence, it is obvious, that too much nicety cannot be observed in pointing out the distinc- tions which more particularly mark them; and if this

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