An essay on the disorders of old age, and on the means for prolonging human life ... / [Sir Anthony Carlisle].

  • Carlisle, Anthony, Sir, 1768-1840.
Date:
1817
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Credit: An essay on the disorders of old age, and on the means for prolonging human life ... / [Sir Anthony Carlisle]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    toward the close of painful and ap- parently fatal diseases, — a measure which ought to be equally repro- bated, both from professional and moral considerations. Medical judgment is not infallible, and the event of recovery from the most hopeless state, is seldom impos- sible ; but to preclude even a forlorn chance, or to abridge the sufferer of one lingermg moment, is far beyond the province of Medical Men. Desperate operators should be re- minded, that it is not uncommon for persons to recover from diseases, which are generally supposed to be mortal; but I must reserve the fur-