Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Transactions of the Indiana State Medical Society: Thirty-Fifth Annual Session, Indianapolis, May 12, 13 and 14, 1885
The occupation of a general practitioner of the art of heal ing, Whose duties are continuous, and necessarily routine, is not conducive to original research in any of the fields of science; familiarity with which is, nevertheless, essential to the educa tion of an accomplished physician. With our modern facilities for printing and distributing knowledge, and the enterprise of modern journalism, everything is known as soon as thought, and much material is contributed to the rapidly increasing volume of medical literature that does not add to the real value of our large stock of knowledge. A contribution of new matter will not, therefore, be expected of me on this occasion; and I shall content myself with an un ambitious expression of a few such thoughts as are naturally suggested by the experience and memories of forty years de voted to the practice of medicine in Indiana. Ambition and expectation pertain to youth. To review the past and sit in judgment upon results, are among the privileges of age. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
