An enquiry into the pathology, causes, and treatment of puerperal fever / by G. Moore.

  • Moore, G (George), 1803-1880.
Date:
1836
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    mises thus afforded. The facts adduced, will enable us to surmount some of those impedi- ments, which necessarily occur in the pathway of hivestigation, when it is restricted to the limits of a partial observation ; and we shall be enabled to judge for ourselves, not merely from what we have seen, nor even according to the evidence of any solitary witness, but ac- cording to the united testimony of many. The advantages of comparison and induction, will thus be realised: from facts we shall pro- ceed to theory, and from theory to practice; being careful to preserve, as far as possible, that natural continuity of connexion between them, without which, the relation of cause to consequence, can never be perceived. The important points in the history and pathology of the disease will be regarded as introductory to the main objects of consideration, namely, the remote and exciting causes, and the thera- peutic agents, which an acquaintance with those causes may suggest, or the utility of which, ex- perience may have determined. Every disease incident to the puerperal con- B 2