The New England Botanic Medical And Surgical Journal 1850 Vol 4 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The New England Botanic Medical and Surgical Journal, 1851, Vol. 5 When, however, all these admissions are made, what is the extent of the uncertainty necessarily involved in the administration of medicine? Why, simply this, that the idiosyncrasies of individuals cannot always be under stood, until the efi'ects of particular agents are witnessed. It is, after all, true, in regard to mankind generally, that the agents usually employed as medicines have each its peculiar and nearly uniform effect. There are agents, as mercury, arsenic, antimony, and the like, which are known to act, invariably and necessarily, in direct contrariety to the powers of life and health. There are other agents, the influences of which harmonize entirely With physiological laws, and do no injury to the system, while the effects Wrought are specifically and positively beneficial. Of these latter, the great er the cogency, the greater, by so much, is the benefit resulting. Not so with the former. With them, the greater the power, the greater the injury done. The vital forces, even unaided, may rally enough effectually to resist the united influence of the disease and the poison 3 but the poison itself can never favor the efforts of nature. Still impressed with these views, we propose to continue our exertions to advance the cause of scientific medicine. Our next volume, we trust, will, in some respects, be superior to any preceding it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.