Lectures On The Principles And Practice Of Physic: Delivered At King's College, London - Softcover

Sir Thomas Watson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371942551 ISBN 13: 9780371942550

Publisher: HardPress

Synopsis

Lectures On The Principles And Practice Of Physic: Delivered At King's College, London by Sir Thomas Watson. In these 19th?century lectures, Watson presents a medical course that aims to train clinicians through disciplined, ward?based observation and repeated practice. He defines health as a fluctuating standard of well?being and disease as any deviation, and argues that medicine is a craft learned in the clinic rather than by theory alone. The course emphasizes a practical, region? and function?oriented nosology, with signs and symptoms as living indicators of disease and autopsy changes used for illumination. Learning is inseparable from bedside study, with an approach that integrates general principles (inflammation, diatheses) with anatomical progression (head/neck, thorax, abdomen, joints/muscles/skin) and continual recapitulation to aid memory and diagnosis. The text blends clinical demonstrations, authorities, and historical theory to support evidence?based reasoning, careful observation, and professional humility about life?and?death outcomes. It also foregrounds public?health considerations and the dynamic relationship between physiology and pathology in medical education.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371942551
• ISBN 13: 9780371942550
• Binding: Paperback