 | 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 - 834 pages
...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 gloomy...patient timely notice of danger, when it really occurs ; aird even to the patient himself, if absolutely necessary. This office, however, is so peculiarly... | |
 | 1847 - 134 pages
...diminish the authority of the physician, and render him liable to be suspected of interested motives. § 4. 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... | |
 | 1848 - 910 pages
...diminish the authority oí the physician, and render him liable to be suspected of interested motives. } 4. 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... | |
 | 1848 - 350 pages
...diminish the authority of the physician, and render him liable to be suspected of interested motives. § 4. 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... | |
 | Thomas Percival - 1849 - 214 pages
...the Faculty ; but it should certainly be construed with great limitation by their patients*. § 3. 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... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1850 - 332 pages
...diminish the authority of the Physician, and render him liable to be suspected of interested motives. § 4. 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... | |
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A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, 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 occasions, to give to the friends... 
