A methodical system of nosology / translated from the Latin of Doctor William Cullen ; by Eldad Lewis.

  • Cullen, William, 1710-1790.
Date:
[1808]
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Credit: A methodical system of nosology / translated from the Latin of Doctor William Cullen ; by Eldad Lewis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to a more careful consideration of the observations be- fore made, as well as to greater diligence and accura- cy in making them afterwards ; whereby the System of Nosology, and the distinction of diseases will at length be rendered more perfect. Although the characters of diseases hitherto given, are often erroneous, and sometimes defective, yet wishing to exhibit in one view, all the attempts alrea- dy made, in the third edition of the Synopsis, I have taken the characters of diseases from the symptomatic system of the learned Michael Sagar ; and in this fourth edition I have inserted the Nosological Tables of the ingenious David Macbride ; and these I have subjoined to those before mentioned. All these several attempts are published together, that they may more easily be compared, and the Readers select the best adapted characters, or correct those that are erro- neous, and be led to more exact distinctions. I am persuaded that this kind of study will be use- ful to many Physicians ; for closely adhering to the names of diseases, they have very inaccurate and vague ideas of their nature ; and in my opinion, they can ob- tain more exact notions, only by the study of a method- ical Nosology. From what I have said, the utility and necessity of a system of Nosology, will I trust be manifest, togeth- er with the reasons, why I formerly, and now again, have endeavoured to perfect it. It remains to state the rules which I have observed in this study, and re- commend to the observance o{ others. My first and principal care has been, that the spe- cies of diseases should be discovered and known from sick Patients themselves. But as the species £an scarcely be defined, unless the genera are understood at the same time ; and as many genera of Nosologists are only of one species, my labour may seem futile, especially in distinguishing the genera. I have how- ever constantly regarded the species ; and hope that B 2