Medicine a Science, or Disease an Unit (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Medicine a Science, or Disease an Unit If Medicine is not destined to forever halt in the domain of Empiricism, - if it is capable of becoming a Science - then there must be a common condition lying at the bottom of all special diseases, - then all pathological phenomena must acknowledge a common cause. This, and this alone, can constitute medicine a Science, this, and this alone, constitutes Astronomy a science. The efforts of Newton were not directed to the discovery of original individual facts, but rather to the discovery of the connecting links which should serve to bind together the individual facts and minor generalizations attained by his predecessors, into one great Whole. In attempting to accomplish for Medicine, what Newton accomplished for what is called Physical Science, we may seem to attempt the unattainable, but believing that there is nothing in the nature of our subject which forbids a reasonable expectation of its accomplishment, - believing that the individual facts and minor generalizations are abundant and ready, and that the advanced Medical Mind is now prepared to receive and appreciate their connection, we boldly encounter the task, resting all upon the validity of our arguments, hoping for nothing which cannot stand the test of the severest logical criticism. That there is nothing in the present state of Medicine which forbids the conclusion that our object is attainable, may be seen in the fact, that Astronomy and all that are bow called exact sciences, were once in a state of Empiricism - once occupied the same ground, that medicine now occupies, - once encountered the same difficulty, - the Cause of physical phenomena being deemed occult, innate, mysterious and past finding out - having its analogy in the Vital Force of physiologists. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.