A practical treatise on the diseases of women / by John M. Scudder ; with an introduction, by Geo. W.L. Bickley ; and a paper on the diseases of the breasts, by Robert S. Newton.

  • Scudder, John M. (John Milton), 1829-1894.
Date:
1857
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    From this investigation, commenced for my own benefit, the present work has grown. For the description and pathological character of the diseases described in the following pages, I am principally indebted to old-school authorities; but the practice is strictly 'eclectic,' every measure recommended having been fully tested by myself, or by our most successful Eclectic practitioners. For the publication of this work I have no apology to offer, as our literature in this department is most lamentably deficient, and this volume may partially supply the void until something better is offered. For the literary character of the work, however, an apology is needed. It has been written while busily engaged in practice, and passed through the press during the time of my daily lectures in the college, so that I have had no time to revise and correct it. I trust, however, that this will be overlooked by a generous profession, if the facts brought forward in it are found to bear the rigid test of experi- ence, and if by it anything has been added to our knowledge on this subject. I am indebted to Prof. G. W. L. Bickley for an interesting Intro- duction on the principles of Eclecticism, and to Prof. R. S. Newton for an admirable paper on the Diseases of the Breasts. It but remains for me to acknowledge my indebtedness to the various authors referred to and quoted in the following pages. In the majority of cases due credit is given in the body of the work, but I would especially acknowledge my indebtedness to the following:— J. Cruveilheir, Anatomy; Prof. Rokitansky, Pathological Anatomy; Dr. C. J. B. Williams, Principles of Pathology; James Paget, Sur- gical Pathology; Samuel Ashwell, Diseases of Females; Fleetwood Churchill, Diseases of Females; Colombat De L'Isere, Diseases of Females; James Henry Beniiet, Inflammatory Diseases of the Uterus and its Appendages; James Y. Simpson, Obstetric Memoirs and Contributions; Tyler Smith, Obstetrics, and Treatise on Leucorrhea; Mr. Baker Brown, Surgical Diseases of Females; Boivin and Duges, Diseases of the Uterus; Dr. Gooch, on Diseases of Females; Hamil- ton, Practical Observations; Blundel, Diseases of Women; Meigs, Notes to Am. Ed. of Colombat; Velpeau, Operative Surgery; Chelius, System of Surgery; Erichsen, System of Surgery; Hill, Eclectic Sur- gery; Newton and Powell's Practice of Medicine; Jones and Morrow's Practice of Medicine; Mackintosh, Practice of Medicine; Watson, Practice of Physic; Langston Parker, on Syphilis; Ricord, on Syphi- lis ; Vidal, on Syphilis; and others.