Observations on pulmonary consumption, or an essay on the lichen islandicus, considered both as an aliment and a medicine in that disorder / [Jean-Baptiste Étienne Benoît Olive Regnault].

  • Regnault, Jean-Baptiste Étienne Benoît Olive, 1759-1836.
Date:
1802
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Credit: Observations on pulmonary consumption, or an essay on the lichen islandicus, considered both as an aliment and a medicine in that disorder / [Jean-Baptiste Étienne Benoît Olive Regnault]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    When we carry into the practice of physic a disposition to observe, we soon detect the insufficiency of all theory. The new improve¬ ments in every branch of natural philosophy, notwithstanding their brilliance, discover ' at every step how much is left unaccomplished; and that even their splendor has not totally dissipated our darkness; we are forced to acknowledge the ne¬ cessity of calling to our aid facts founded on repeated experiments. It is not speculation alone which must be the guide of the Physician; he requires other supports; he must be a close observer; he must search into Nature herself for the truth of his ideas. In a word he must submit his theory to a series of trials, and wait its confirmation from a multi¬ tude