Author: John Vetch

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Published: 2015-07-11

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9781331167914

Excerpt from Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye The subdivision of manual labour manifestly tends to perfect the operations of art; but to limit the sphere of Science by the detachment of its parts, is to destroy the foundation upon which it rests. With respect to that of Medicine, however beneficially we may observe the labours of individuals to be occasionally exerted in the selection of particular branches, as the more exclusive objects of their study and attention, yet this can only occur to those who have first investigated this science as a whole; and we may be assured that others who assume a superior knowledge of any branch of medical practice, on the ground of a comparative ignorance of, or indifference to the rest, are but little indebted for whatever reputation they acquire, to the actual benefit they are able to effect. From the time that the cure of external diseases became a separate object of pursuit, the science of Medicine at once fell from the eminent rank which it held in the scale of Philosophy. 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.