A second essay on burns, in which an attempt is made to refute the opinions of Mr Earle and Sir W. Farquhar lately advanced on the supposed benefit of the application of ice in such accidents : with cases and communications confirming the principles and practice brought forward in a former essay.

  • Kentish, Edward, -1832.
Date:
1800
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Credit: A second essay on burns, in which an attempt is made to refute the opinions of Mr Earle and Sir W. Farquhar lately advanced on the supposed benefit of the application of ice in such accidents : with cases and communications confirming the principles and practice brought forward in a former essay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    ESSAY ON BURNS, &c. INTRODUCTION. CHAP I. Preliminary Obfervations—Aitken’s Syjiem of Sur- gery Effeds of Syftems—Converfation concern- ing the new Mode of Treatment—On the Unity of Medicine and Surgery—External and inter- nal Difeafes intimately connected with this Prin- ciple, IN the former Effay on Burns, I entered fome- what at large on the different and inconfiftent modes m which accidents of this kind were treated. It appeared to me that I had faid enough ; and there were thofe who thought I had faid too much : yet from opinions lately publilhed, it does not appear that what was done has produced the effeft I wifh- ed in influencing the praflice in thefe cafes, and m leading to thofe decifive and marked conclufions, w ich ought to be kept in view by men of fcience. It has frequently been wilhed by many candid prac.