The French practice of medicine : [tr.] with occasional notes and observations illustrative of the treatment of diseases in the climate of North America / by Xavier Tessier.

  • Bégin, L. J. (Louis Jacques), 1793-1859.
Date:
1829
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Credit: The French practice of medicine : [tr.] with occasional notes and observations illustrative of the treatment of diseases in the climate of North America / by Xavier Tessier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    PREFACE. The name of M. Broussais is now echoed with much enthusiasm throughout Europe, and lias become familiar to ever) practitioner of medicine in this country. If we except the imperfect account of his doctrine contained in the Medical Journals, and the translation of his Phy- siolog) b\ Dr. La Roche of Philadelphia, his practical preempts are lost to those una* quainted with the language of the celebrated reformer; yet, the immense treasure of information he and i>is partisans have contributed, and the1 complete regeneration they have achieved in the sci- ence of medicine, must soon be deemed both an essential part of medical education, and a necessary qualification for the practice of the healing art. No work, however, has vet been published in the English language to con- vev that information. Within a few years past, 1 determined to undertake the task ; and the work of M. Begin, which is universally con- sidered the ablest prod ction of the physiological school, having appeared about three \ears ago, I conceived that the interest of the cause would be better consulted by its translation than by one of my own compilation. It was, certainly, r> little presumption for a man to write an En- glish book, who, but ten years before, was totally unac-