A practical treatise on the diseases of children / by Alfred Vogel ; translated and edited by H. Raphael.

Date:
1886
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Credit: A practical treatise on the diseases of children / by Alfred Vogel ; translated and edited by H. Raphael. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    The work will be found to be well up to the present state of pathological knowledge ; complete without unnecessary pro- lixity ; its symptomatology accurate, evidently the result of care- ful observation of a competent and experienced clinical prac- titioner. The diagnosis and differential relations of diseases to each other are accurately described, and the therapeutics ju- dicious and discriminating. All polypharmacy is discarded, and only the remedies which appeared useful to the author com- mended. Without in any way detracting from the merit of the nn- merous works upon the Diseases of Children which exist in our own and other languages, he ventures to assert his belief that the work of Yogel contains much that must gain for it the merited praise of all impartial judges, and prove it to be an invaluable text-book for the student and practitioner, and a safe and useful guide in the difficult but all-important department of Paediatrica. In the efforts at converting the original into our own ver- nacular tongue, all thoughts of elegancy as to style have been renounced; the only object aimed at was to present it in as clear and intelligible language as possible, to make the translation a worthy counterpart of the original, and to express the true ideas and intentions of the illustrious author; how well I have suc- ceeded, time and the favor which it receives at the hands of the profession of this country will tell. H. RAPHAEL. New York, August^ 1869.