The Practitioner - Softcover

Francis E. Anstie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371306337 ISBN 13: 9780371306338

Publisher: HardPress, 2016

Synopsis

The Practitioner by Francis E. Anstie is a mid-19th-century London medical periodical issue from 1871 that compiles original communications, clinical notes, and reviews from leading British physicians. This issue spans physiology, surgery, psychiatry, ophthalmology, and therapeutics through a collection of short, self-contained reports. Highlights include J. L. Prevost’s examination of the physiological effects of anesthetics and the challenges to brain–spinal cord interaction claims, and George Buchanan’s case of traumatic femoral aneurysm treated with ligatures emphasizing antiseptic principles in vascular surgery. T. S. Clouston argues for prioritizing bodily signs in insanity and advocates observational rigor. J. Pennock Sleightholme discusses hypodermic morphia in hospitals, with notes on pain relief and delirium risk. Robert Brudenell Carter surveys vision physiology, refractive errors, and latent hypermetropia testing. The issue also features practical notes in Clinic of the Month on orchitis, gonorrhea management, and other bedside matters; discussions of therapeutics, including moving equilibrium concepts in James Ross’s Principles of Therapeutics and Spender’s rheumatoid arthritis treatment. Recurring themes fuse experimental physiology, antisepsis, and clinical practice, with a rational, evidence-based tone that acknowledges empirical experience. The excerpt ends mid-article in the rheumatoid arthritis discussion, reflecting ongoing debate within the periodical.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371306337
• ISBN 13: 9780371306338
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 414