A treatise on the diseases of the chest and on mediate auscultation / by R. T. H. Laennec. Translated from the latest French edition / with notes and a sketch of the author's life / by John Forbes.

  • Laennec, R. T. H. (René Théophile Hyacinthe), 1781-1826.
Date:
1829
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of the chest and on mediate auscultation / by R. T. H. Laennec. Translated from the latest French edition / with notes and a sketch of the author's life / by John Forbes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    at your earnest recommendation and request that I undertook the translation of it; it was by your precept and example that I was led to practise the new methods of diagnosis therein detailed: it is to you, therefore, in a great measure, that the profes- sion is indebted for any benefits, however slight, that may have resulted from my humble labours. But you have a claim to this address, of more weight with me than your professional talents and character, however distinguished, and the acknow- ledgment of which, I flatter myself, will be more acceptable to you than any homage I could offer on public grounds—I mean, the friendship with which you have favoured me for so many years, and to which I am so much indebted. That you may long live for the honour and inteH resits of our common profession, and for the welfare and happiness of your friends, is my sincere and warmest wish. / JOHN FORBES. I Chichester, Oct. 12, 182;.