The Influence of Animal Experimentation on Medical Science (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Loomis, Alfred Lebbeus

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ISBN 10 : 1334422664 ISBN 13 : 9781334422669

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2019

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Présentation de l'éditeur

It is this keeping in close touch with one anothers work that is giving to modern medicine its freshness, special activity in investigation and rapid growth, which is inspiring medical workers with a community of thought and action, and which is hearing fruit of the greatest promise. On such an occasion as this, in the presence of so many trained and skilled workers, it seems fitting that I should direct the current of thought to the lines of investigation which have made the discoveries of the last quarter of the nineteenth century possible. From the beginning of history until the present century, medicine has been either absolutely denied a place among theS ciences or else branded as inexact, empyrical and laggard in its development and progress. Although dealing, as it does, with the most complex problems of human existence, where, as in no other science, every law of nature is controlled and modified by that unknown foree we call vitality, Medicine has nevertheless, from the very first, been forced to meet the demand for complete knowledge. To it alone, the answer we do not yet know all has been denied. No greater misconception has ever gained footing in the public mind than the belief in disease as an entity, an evil spirit to be exorcised or driven out by drugs. The superficial observer recognizes only results and gross phenomena; he is content with knowing the end, never asking for causes. For him motion and quiescence as shown by his senses are the ultimatum; factors and forces have no place in his mental processes. Yet these are precisely what science seeks to define, and until he has made the first analysis of terms, established absolute variations of quantity and quality, and determined the fixed ratio of forces, the scientific worker is not content. In determining then the influence of any one factor in the development of medical science, results
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1334422664
• ISBN 13: 9781334422669
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 50
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