 | 1803 - 400 pages
...circumstances, to the friends of the patients," Dr. Percival's aphorism in the text is, as follows : •' A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications; because they savour of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the... | |
 | 1824 - 216 pages
...applied to the faculty; but it should certainly be construed with great limitation by their patients. 4. — A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications; because they savour of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of Ills services in the treatment or cure of the... | |
 | Michael Ryan - 1836 - 608 pages
...unclouded head, may be essential to the well-being, and even to the life, of a fellow-creature. III. A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications ; because they savour of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the... | |
 | College of Physicians of Philadelphia - 1846 - 478 pages
...virtue, accompanied by a sincere interest in the welfare of the person to whom they are addressed. 5. A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications ; because they savour of epiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the disease.... | |
 | 1847 - 134 pages
...to arrive at a more perfect knowledge of the disease, — to meet promptly every- change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of...forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savour of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the... | |
 | 1847 - 834 pages
...physician to arrive at a more perfect knowledge of the disease, — to meet promptly every change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of...tend to diminish the authority of the physician, and expose him to be suspected of interested motives. § 4. — A physician should not be forward to make... | |
 | 1848 - 350 pages
...physician to arrive at a more perfect knowledge of the disease, — to meet promptly every change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of...forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savour of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the... | |
 | 1848 - 910 pages
...physician to arrive at a more perfect knowledge of the disease, — to meet promptly every change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of...anxiety to the patient, tend to diminish the authority oí the physician, and render him liable to be suspected of interested motives. } 4. A physician should... | |
 | 1848 - 590 pages
...physician to arrive at a more perfect knowledge of the disease, to meet promptly every change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of...because they savor of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the disease. But he should not fail, on proper... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1849 - 492 pages
...physician to arrive at a more perfect knowledge of the disease, — to meet promptly every change that may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of...But unnecessary visits are to be avoided, as they give<useless anxiety to the patient, tend to diminish the authority of the physician, and render him... | |
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Frequent visits to the sick are in general requisite, since they enable the physician to arrive at a more perfect knowledge of the disease, to meet promptly every change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary... 
