Excerpt from Elements of the Theory and Practice of Physic: Designed for the Use of StudentsIn this work the main object of the author has been to unite general views of disease with the detail of symptoms and treatment. He has rather gone into greater length in the former department, because the works commonly in the hands of medical students do not, to the best of his knowledge, contain any exposition of those leading pathological doctrines which it is his object to inculcate, and which he believes to be essential to the successful treatment of disease, by those at least who have not yet enjoyed the advantages Of experience.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.