ON CLINICAL MEDICINE BY WILLIAM HANNA THOMSON, M.D., LL.D. Physician to the Roosevelt Hospital; Consulting Physician to the New York State Manhattan Hospitals LANE LIBRARY PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON W. B. SAUNDERS COMPANY 1915 Published June, 1914. Reprinted December, 1914 Copyright, 1914, by W. B. Saunders Company Reprinted August, 1915 PRINTED IN AMERICA PRESS OF W. B. SAUNDERS COMPANY PHILADELPHIA 446 748 1915 PREFACE A TREATISE on Clinical Medicine should chiefly consider those subjects which concern the physician when he deals with the sick. Knowledge gained in the laboratory or at autopsies, while indispensable, yet should in time precede all prescribing. It is the condition of the living patient which then demands exclusive attention. We begin, therefore, with the meaning of certain common but always important symptoms. In each instance that meaning is neither vague nor uncertain, but rather should be thoroughly understood before we go any further in dealing with the case. A chapter then follows on the use of remedies and how they can be most conveniently classified according to their special applications. Then follows the section on that greatest cause of disease and death, namely, infections by living micro-organisms. A good classification of these agents would be of great service, and such is attempted. The last section deals with diseases of particular organs and tissues. Throughout the book the aim of the author has been to serve the physician while he is actively engaged in the performance of his professional duties. NEW YORK CITY. WILLIAM HANNA THOMSON. 40586 11 |