Surgical memoirs and other essays / by James G. Mumford.

  • James Gregory Mumford
Date:
1908
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Credit: Surgical memoirs and other essays / by James G. Mumford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mesmerism and mental healing; they have looked askance at hypnotism, and have questioned the value of psychotherapeutics as applied by responsible scien- tists of to-day—grouping indiscriminately the good and the bad. Our thoughts have been divided and our intelligence assaulted by such a multitude of semi- quackeries and propositions of pseudo-science that often we are unable to winnow the grain from the chaff. Such is the diversity of modern-day conditions. More than ever, therefore, is it incumbent upon us laboriously and faithfully to seek for truth; not to assume it without proof; not to throw it aside without investigation; to recognize always the significance of good ethics, and to divorce captious etiquette from the painstaking pursuit of a genuine and enlightened knowledge.