Practical observations on the symptoms, discrimination, and treatment of some of the most common diseases of the lower intestines, and anus ... : illustrated by cases ... / by John Howship.

  • Howship, John, 1781-1841.
Date:
1820
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    In no department of surgery is the safety of the patient more immediately concerned, or the dis- cernment of the practitioner more promptly re- quired, than in ascertaining the early approach of some of these complaints; and no adequate series of observations upon this interesting branch of surgery having yet appeared, the opinions of several of my professional friends have operated as an additional inducement in bringing forward some of the results of my own experience. For the possession of most of the opportunities I have enjoyed, and for the various facilities that have rendered them more valuable, I cannot forget that I stand principally indebted to Mr. Heaviside, who, on various occasions, has given me much assistance, by the communication of observations that have occurred within the more immediate circle of his own practice. It will be observed that I have been careful, particularly with regard to morbid structure, to distinguish what I have seen and examined with my own hand, from what has been derived from the authority of others. This care seems necessary, having found that in circumstances relating even to the leading principles of pathology, error has crept in j and mere fancy, through the medium of gene- rally received opinion, has at length assumed all the importance of fact.