Volume 1

A dissertation on the influence of the passions upon disorders of the body. Being the essay to which the Fothergillian Medal was adjudged / [William Falconer].

  • William Falconer
Date:
1796
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Credit: A dissertation on the influence of the passions upon disorders of the body. Being the essay to which the Fothergillian Medal was adjudged / [William Falconer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ior] Compaffion towards the diftreffed is. a general obligation, but bears a pe- culiar reference to a profeffion, whofe fole employment confifts in relieving. a large clafs of the misfortunes inci-. dent to humanity. It is fcarcely poffible to imagine that there can be any perfons, converfant with fuch fcenes of diftrefs, as are fo often exhibited in medical praétice, but’ muft frequently feel their hearts. fympathize with the fufferings of their fellow creatures; but it is well known that various degrees of this quality pertain to different individuals, and it is the duty of a phyfician to en- courage fuch benevolent. fentiments, and to ftrengthen their force by the: habit of frequent exertion, and not to fuffer the repeated fight of mifery to render