Observations on M. Laennec's method of forming a diagnosis of the diseases of the chest by means of the stethoscope, and of percussion, and upon some points of the French practice of medicine / by Charles Scudamore.

  • Scudamore, Charles, 1779-1849.
Date:
1826
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Credit: Observations on M. Laennec's method of forming a diagnosis of the diseases of the chest by means of the stethoscope, and of percussion, and upon some points of the French practice of medicine / by Charles Scudamore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    “ MAISON ROYALE DE SANTE. This house was opened in 1802 by the Administration des Hopitaux et des Hos- pices^ for the reception of invalids in mid- dling circumstances, who pay a daily sum according to the accommodation they re- ceive, as follows, viz. In rooms containing twelve or fourteen beds, two francs fifty cents; in those with two or three beds, three francs fifty cents. A room for a woman, five francs A room for a man, six francs. In this charge, every thing, even vapour baths, mineral waters, &c. is included.” Tliat a material difference exists be- tween the French and English practice of medicine, is universally known; and the compliment of superiority is seldom allowed to the former. Improvement, however, in the art ofi medicine, which the successful cultivation of chemistry and of morbid E 2