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The Practitioner - Softcover

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Synopsis

The Practitioner presents a June 1871 issue offering a pragmatic survey of therapeutic philosophy and bedside practice across psychiatry, neurology, surgery, dermatology, ophthalmology, and general medicine. The collection assembles original communications, extracts from journals, notes, and reviews that emphasize balancing internal and local treatments, cautious dosing, and the value of theory alongside empirical results. Across items, clinicians report on bromide and chloral dosing in nervous disease, lithotrity refinements and bladder instrumentation, psoriasis management with internal and external regimens, and careful morphia use, with emphasis on safety and tapering. The issue includes reviews of cataract surgery evolution, critiques of empirical-only approaches, post-variolous eye disease, and discussions of ergot, bromides, and oxygen therapies. Practical case histories—ranging from wound management to vaccination tests—illustrate rapid shifts in medical technique and doctrine, reflecting a mid- to late-19th-century move toward systematic clinical observation, cross-disciplinary exchange, and the testing of new therapeutic modalities within a framework of professional debate.

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