| 1803 - 400 Seiten
...circumstances, to the friends of the patients," Dr. Percival's aphorism in the text is, as follows : •' A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications; because they savour of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the... | |
| 1824 - 216 Seiten
...applied to the faculty; but it should certainly be construed with great limitation by their patients. 4. — A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications; because they savour of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of Ills services in the treatment or cure of the... | |
| Michael Ryan - 1836 - 608 Seiten
...unclouded head, may be essential to the well-being, and even to the life, of a fellow-creature. III. A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications ; because they savour of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the... | |
| College of Physicians of Philadelphia - 1846 - 478 Seiten
...virtue, accompanied by a sincere interest in the welfare of the person to whom they are addressed. 5. A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications ; because they savour of epiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the disease.... | |
| 1847 - 134 Seiten
...disease, — to meet promptly every- change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary visits are to be avoided,...him liable to be suspected of interested motives. § 4. A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savour of empiricism,... | |
| 1847 - 834 Seiten
...disease, — to meet promptly every change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary visits are to be avoided,...tend to diminish the authority of the physician, and expose him to be suspected of interested motives. § 4. — A physician should not be forward to make... | |
| 1848 - 350 Seiten
...disease, — to meet promptly every change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary visits are to be avoided,...him liable to be suspected of interested motives. § 4. A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savour of empiricism,... | |
| 1848 - 910 Seiten
...disease, — to meet promptly every change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary visits are to be avoided,...anxiety to the patient, tend to diminish the authority oí the physician, and render him liable to be suspected of interested motives. } 4. A physician should... | |
| 1848 - 590 Seiten
...the disease, to meet promptly every change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary visits are to be avoided,...him liable to be suspected of interested motives. § 4. A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savor of empiricism,... | |
| Thomas Percival - 1849 - 214 Seiten
...the Faculty ; but it should certainly be construed with great limitation by their patients*. § 3. A Physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications ; because they savour of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the... | |
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