Remarks on some of the opinions of Dr. Rush respecting the yellow fever which prevailed in the city of Philadelphia in the year 1793 / By William Patterson.

  • Patterson, William
Date:
1795
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Credit: Remarks on some of the opinions of Dr. Rush respecting the yellow fever which prevailed in the city of Philadelphia in the year 1793 / By William Patterson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Praflice, under fuch circumftances, is well reprefented by the learned Dr. Zimmerman ; a fummary of whofe fentiments I fhall here take the liberty of introducing : Continual fatigue^ and a great number of patients, are confider- able obftacles to prevent a phyfician, who is in great vogue, from making obfervations as he ought to do, by refledling deliberately on each. The phyfician who vifits the moll patients, and he, who, in the fame town, vifits the feweft, may very often be faid to fee the fame number. He, who is much employed, fees thefe patients in a fuperficial manner; whilft he, who has lefs to do, confiders each cafe at his leifure, and with more attention. A phyfician, who is conftantly fees too much, and does not think enough. The rapidi¬ ty, with which objeds llrike him, does not fuf- fer him to fix on any one fufficiently ; and, therefore, his mind retains only a confufed im- preflion, or an obfeure remembrance of all. Such a praditioner cannot enter into any of the mi¬ nute circumftances of a cafe, and confequently cannot adapt his preferiptions to its different ftages. It has been aptly faid, that the phyfici¬ an,