On some states which resemble inflammation / [William Brown].

  • Brown, William, 1796-1887.
Date:
[1839]
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Credit: On some states which resemble inflammation / [William Brown]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    been mistaken for colic. But these examples are just proofs of the necessity of careful observation on the part of the practitioner, and show not only how much caution must be exerted but how much alertness should be manifested with regard to every case which is placed under his care. The routine treatment which is so frequent in the profession, and which the indolence of advancing years is so apt to produce, is generally the consequence of an imperfect education, and of misimprovernent of the advantages possessed in youth. The best safeguard is for a young man early to acquire habits of careful observation, of taking nothing for granted, and of seeing every thing with his own eyes ; and while he pays a due regard to the experience, and even to the opinions of his seniors, to observe for himself and to think for himself; above all, to al¬ low no symptom to pass by unheeded, and to ascertain, so far as he can do, the effect of every remedy which he employs on his patient. PRINTED BY JOHN STARK, OLD ASSEMBLY CLOSE, EDINBURGH-