American modern practice, or, a simple method of prevention and cure of diseases, according to the latest improvements and discoveries, comprising a practical system adapted to the use of medical practitioners of the United States ; to which is added an appendix, containing an account of many domestic remedies recently introduced into practice, and some approved formulae applicable to the diseases of our climate / by James Thacher.

  • Thacher, James, 1754-1844.
Date:
1817
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Credit: American modern practice, or, a simple method of prevention and cure of diseases, according to the latest improvements and discoveries, comprising a practical system adapted to the use of medical practitioners of the United States ; to which is added an appendix, containing an account of many domestic remedies recently introduced into practice, and some approved formulae applicable to the diseases of our climate / by James Thacher. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i.ii with just propriety be recommended as a substitute for that English production- Disclaiming all pretensions to theoret- ical explanations, and rejecting hypothetical disquisition as fallacious, I have directed my views simply to rules of prac- tice. To the scientific reader who may object to the plan of this work as not being conformable to any classical ar rangement, it may be replied that we possess no systematic arrangement deemed free from imperfections at the pres- ent day, inasmuch as the character of that which exalted the name of the venerable Cullen is now on the decline. The method here adopted although imperfect may subserve the useful purposes in practice. Should the public as we an- ticipate, be favored by some of our learned professors with a new classification, calculated to annihilate the doc- trine of the unity of disease, it may be adopted in the event of this work being so fortunate as to reach another edition. The very formidable and fatal epidemics, which have with- in a few years ravaged our country and justly excited great public interest and alarm, are portrayed in their true char- acter, with their medical treatment, according to the views of the most experienced physicians. To inculcate the high importance of a complete medical education, agreeably to the established rules of our universi- ties and medical institutions, and to discountenance the at- tempts of the illiterate and the impostor, who thrust themselves into medical practice, are among the primary objects of this production. In treating on the various subjects, I have been solicitous to adopt a concise and perspicuous style of lan- guage, diverted as much as possible of technical terms, where others equally clear and expressive can be applied. How- ever obnoxious this mode may be to the censure of the classic and scientific, it will not, it is presumed, appear ob- jectionable to a majority of my readers, especially those who