The authentic medical statement of the case of H.R.H. the late Princess Charlotte of Wales / Extracted from the ... "London Medical Repository;" published 1st December, 1817.

  • Thomson, Anthony Todd, 1778-1849.
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[1818?]
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Credit: The authentic medical statement of the case of H.R.H. the late Princess Charlotte of Wales / Extracted from the ... "London Medical Repository;" published 1st December, 1817. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    respects candour pretend to say, that in a similar case, were it now before him, and the result equally uncertain, he could posi¬ tively save the patient ? That the better informed and the reflecting part of the com¬ munity will be satisfied with the plain state¬ ment of the facts, there can be little doubt: but to suppose that the perversely prejudiced and the ignorant shall be silenced, would be to suppose what has never yet occurred under any circumstances. But if the ability and attention of the phy¬ sicians be admitted, is tlie profession itself to be undervalued ? That may be the case with those who consider the science of medicine, as consisting merely of a catalogue of spe¬ cifics, each of which is capable of removing some particular disease: but it ought to be generally known, that the more able and ex¬ perienced a physician is the less reliance does he place upon the specific effects of remedies. The great object of the real physician is to discover the proper indications for applying E