A treatise on the diseases of the chest : in which they are described according to their anatomical characters, and their diagnosis established on a new principle by means of acoustick instruments / R.T.H. Laennec ; translated ... with a preface and notes by John Forbes.

  • Laennec, R. T. H. (René Théophile Hyacinthe), 1781-1826
Date:
1821
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of the chest : in which they are described according to their anatomical characters, and their diagnosis established on a new principle by means of acoustick instruments / R.T.H. Laennec ; translated ... with a preface and notes by John Forbes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE. ‘ V' ■ ' \ qne of my principal motives for undertaking the laborious task of translating the following work, having been the hope of rendering its most valuable contents conveniently accessible to the English reader, I must not now swell either its size or price by a voluminous Preface. I shall, therefore, confine myself to saying a few words on the nature of the original treatise, and on my method of translating it. M. Laennec has long been known as an ingenious and industrious man, and as a faithful observer. His opportunities for studying the class of diseases treated of in the present work have been, probably, never equalled; and I think it will be allowed by those acquainted with his’ writings, that their value is proportioned to the extent of his opportunities. He himself informs us that he has been engaged in pathological researches for eighteen years; and when we consider the facilities with which these can be prosecuted in the French capital, we must be prepared to expect a work of great value, as*the result of such great advantages. That the present treatise is well entitled to this character I think no one who has perused it will deny; as far, at least, a