An enquiry illustrating the nature of tuberculated accretions of serous membranes : and the origin of tubercles and tumours in different textures of the body : with engravings / by John Baron, M.D., physician to the general infirmary at Gloucester.

  • Baron, John, 1786-1851.
Date:
1819
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Credit: An enquiry illustrating the nature of tuberculated accretions of serous membranes : and the origin of tubercles and tumours in different textures of the body : with engravings / by John Baron, M.D., physician to the general infirmary at Gloucester. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    I have, with all the diligence in my power, endeavouTcd to supply this deficiency ; and have fi'eely compared the experience of my predecessors with my own observations. In this exercise I have heen more successful than 1 expected; for though in no instance have I found satisfactory descriptions, I have nevertheless remarked, that the desultory and incidental reflections all tend to illustrate and confimi the general delineation which I have ventured to give. Coincidences of this kind, when they can be brought to bear decidedly upon any pathological question, are very vahiable. They vouch for the accuracy of the different observers, and prove that their minds jiavc not been warped by the influence of precon- ceived opinions. If the liistoiy of the spnptoms of a disccasc be incom]iktc, obsjervations respecting the havoc com- mitted on the ori2;an.s that it attacks cannot be satisfactory. The morbid appearances may be faitlifuily described as tliey presented themselves to the spectator; but if he has neglected to as- sociate tliein with the pecuhar signs wliich denote llieir origin and progress, he contributes little to