Medical sketches : in two parts / by John Moore, M.D.

  • Moore, John, 1729-1802.
Date:
1786
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Medical sketches : in two parts / by John Moore, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    VMl PRE F A C E. I accordingly drew up a hafty compen- dium or pradic^l treatife on fundry difeafes, beginning with fevers, adding fuch direc- tions as I imagined might enable him to- decide in various exigencies with greater promptitude and accuracy. Since his re- turn to England I have beftowed fome pains in improving fcveral of thofe rude draughts, particularly thofe upon fevers, which from a few general ideas and detached pradical hints have fwellcd to the fize in which they now appear. The obfervations with which! furniflied him on fome other difeafes are alfo con- fiderably enlarged: Whether 1 lhall ever hazard their publication, is a point on which 1 am as yet undetermined. • The Seven Sketches which form the Firft Part of this Work were afterwards corapofed upon other occafions. They are attempts to explain in familiar language certain pro- 5 ceiTes