Volume 1

The moral aspects of medical life, consisting of the 'Akesios' of Professor K.F.H. Marx / Translated from the German. With biographical notices and illustrative remarks. By James Mackness.

  • Karl Friedrich Heinrich Marx
Date:
1846
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Credit: The moral aspects of medical life, consisting of the 'Akesios' of Professor K.F.H. Marx / Translated from the German. With biographical notices and illustrative remarks. By James Mackness. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DR. JAMES GREGORY. PAGE Biographical notice of Dr. James Gregory é ; I: Letter to the Postmaster in the Kingdom of the Dead . 218 Letter to Gregory . 79 Remarks on the er Medien! EA eee of Study in the German Universities—Excessive multiplication of Studies—Remarks of Dr. Graves— Education of the Mind— Remarks of Dr. Arnold—Efforts required to keep up Me- dical Knowledge—Neglect of Classical Studies—Remarks of Dr. Simon—Examinations—Medical Literature—Scar- city of learning amongst Physicians—Sir Henry Halford and Sir Astley Cooper—Advantages of a correct and elegant Style—Medical Poets—Manuals . ‘ ‘ aoe ALBERT THAER. Biographical notice of Albert Thaer . : . .‚ 2102 Letter to Thaer . R : A ; . 110 Aphorisms 5 : : : ; : eli] Remarks on the Letter to Thaer—Causes of Thaer’s abandonment of his Profession — Uncertainties of Medical Science — Passage from the Life of Thaer—Remarks of Abercrombie —Hufeland—Dr. Holland—Remedies for Doubts—Record of Cases—Remarks from the British and Foreign Medical Review—Remarks of Dr. Watson on Diagnosis—Sir Astley Cooper’s Diagnosis — Letter in the British and Foreign Medical Review — Ascertained truths in Medicine — Re- marks of Simon — Medical Scepticism — Other Reasons for quitting the Profession : : : .._125 DR. LETTSOM. Biographical notice of Dr. Lettsom . . . . 140 Letter to Dr. Lettsom . ; : A SNES Remarks on the Letter—Histories of Medicine— Remarks of Simon—Importance of recording Cases—-Truthfulness— Clearness and accuracy of Style— Usefulness of record- ing Cases — Remarks of Percival — Medical Biography — Quackery—Homeeopathy and Hydropathy—Quack Medicines 155
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