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Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders - Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician
The present volume was one of the last upon which its author was engaged, the facts having been gathered from the experience and observation of a long life. It was his design to publish them anonymously, but under the changed circumstances this is rendered impracticable. A short time previous to his death, the writer spoke of this work, and said, in allusion to the termination of his own somewhat peculiar case,"This last chapter must be added." In accordance with this desire, a brief sketch, having reference chiefly to his health and physical habits, with the closing chapter of his life, has been appended. Boston, June, 1859. [Pg v] In the sub-title to the following work, I have used the word "Confessions"not to mislead the reader, but because to confess is one prominent idea of its author. It is a work in which confessions of the impotence of the healing art, as that art has been usually understood, greatly abound; and in which the public ignorance of the laws of health or hygiene, with the consequences of that ignorance, are presented with great plainness. The world will make a wiser use of its medical men than it has hitherto done, when it comes to see more clearly what is their legitimate and what their ultimate mission. ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 34038
Author: Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
Release Date: Oct 5, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English
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