The collegian of 1666 and the collegians of 1885, or, What is recognised treatment? / [by Hugh Owen Thomas].

  • Hugh Owen Thomas
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[1888]
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    THE COLLEGIAN OF 1666 AND THE COLLEGIANS OF 1885; OR IS “ Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works ; for that is his portion ; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him ? ”—Eccles., c. iii., v. 22. This contribution to Medicine, mainly controversial, was first published in 1885 for the purpose of contradicting the assertion of several eminent authorities that, my teaching anent intes¬ tinal diseases was not new, or if new, not true. Three more years of personal experience and a digest of medical periodicals confirm me in my previous conviction, that my teaching was both new and true, and that since the appearance of my con¬ troversial contribution I have influenced, though only a little, those who so stubbornly opposed me. The number originally published of this pamphlet having become exhausted, I decided