Syphilis / by V. Cornil ; translated, with notes and additions, by J. Henry C. Simes and J. William White.
- Victor André Cornil
- Date:
- 1882
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Syphilis / by V. Cornil ; translated, with notes and additions, by J. Henry C. Simes and J. William White. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.
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![TRANSLATORS' PREFACE. Few departments of medical science are so well or so thoroughly represented in medical literature as that of syphilis, the best treatises upon which are, in our opinion, to be found in the English language. None of them, however, have so thoroughly considered the disease from its anatomical standpoint, as has M. Cornil in his Legons, a book Avhich has been a genuine addition to our knowledge of syphilis. Its general aim and scope are set forth in the author's preface. Agreeing with him tha.t the accurate diagnosis and rational treatment of the disease depend largely upon a knowledge of its morbid anatomy, we, therefore, offer no apology for presenting this translation to the profession, premising that it is intended to sup- plement and not to supplant the excellent works already alluded to. It is published with the consent and approval of the author, who kindly made suggestions as to some of the additions which seemed to him required. The form of lectures, which was adopted by M. Cornil, we have changed, for the sake of uniformity, into that of chapters, and we have omitted the two somewhat irrelevant clinical lectures of M. Bouchard, which were interpolated in the original text. Our additions, which aggregate about one-third of the present volume, have been made chiefly with a view of supplying additional clinical information upon topics of importance. They will be found throughout the text inclosed in brackets [—].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2151852x_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
