Observations on the simple dysentery, and its combinations : containing a review of the most celebrated authors who have written on this subject, and also an investigation into the source of contagion in that, and some other diseases / by William Harty.

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[1805]
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Credit: Observations on the simple dysentery, and its combinations : containing a review of the most celebrated authors who have written on this subject, and also an investigation into the source of contagion in that, and some other diseases / by William Harty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    observation in medicine, might have taught such persons to place less reliance on their own experience, and more confidence in that of others. If conduct such as this be re- quisite on most occasions, it is more particu- larly so in respect to disease, which from its very genius is constantly varying the pheno- mena it presents to the eye of an attentive observer. Such diseases as prevail Epidemi- cally, are limited to no climate, and conse- quently appear under every possible variety of circumstances, possess in a high degree that peculiarity of character just mentioned ; of these disease^ we can never acquire an accurate or extensive knowledge by personal observation alone: we must be assisted by the experience of others, or we shall imbibe very partial and narrow ideas of the truth, fol- lowed by the most prejudiced notions in favour of our own tenets, and a consequent contempt for the opinions of others. The propriety of these remarks might be justified by a reference to diseases, not few in num- ber,
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