A treatise on derangements of the liver, internal organs, and nervous system / by James Johnson.

  • Johnson, James, 1777-1845.
Date:
1826
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Credit: A treatise on derangements of the liver, internal organs, and nervous system / by James Johnson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    XU detected, upon the removal and application of which all the symptoms would vanish, endeavours to destroy each link of the chain. A little reflection will indeed show what has really been the case, that the treatment of atmospheric diseases of our own climate must be most easily improved by observations and experiments made in warmer latitudes. Practitioners in hot climates have advantages in this respect as much su- perior to the opportunities of those who practise in England, as a man possessing a microscope, has over him whose only means of perception are the naked eye. On all the points of atmospheric influence Dr. Johnson reasons not only well, but indeed luminously, and renders his work invaluable to his professional brethren. In it, and the work on hot climates, almost all is said that can be said of the effects of temperature [the causes of nine-tenths of dis- eases] upon the balance of excitement and circulation. On biliary derangements and every point of Hygiene in general, air, food, clothing, &c. the essay is admirable. We believe that no one will read this work and not instantly re- solve to purchase it; and when, according to our annual custom, we have dedicated a volume to each of several old practitioners who have materially contributed to the im- provement of our profession, we hope to dedicate one to Dr. Johnson.—Annals of Medicine and Surgery for December^ 1817.