The supposed curative effect of operations per se / by J. William White.

  • J. William White
Date:
1891
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Credit: The supposed curative effect of operations per se / by J. William White. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    provement in the latter is, perhaps, to be explained on general principles. 3. Of the possible factors which, by reason of their con- stancy, must be considered, anaesthesia seems least likely to have been effective. The other three, viz., psychical influence, relief of tension, reflex action, may enter in varying degrees into the therapeutics of these cases, and taken together, serve to render the occurrence of occasional cures less mys- terious. 4. The theory of accident or coincidence scarcely explains the facts satisfactorily.