Author: Robert Hutchison

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-10

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9780428720346

Excerpt from Applied Physiology: A Handbook for Students of Medicine With the increasing complexity of the medical curri eulam, and the growing inclination to specialism amongst teachers, there is a tendency for the student to keep his knowledge in water-tight compartments. Physiology, for instance, is studied in the laboratory, and clinical medicine in the wards, and too often one finds that the student is incapable of applying his scientific knowledge to his clinical work. This is to be regretted, not only because it tends to lessen the interest of the practical study of disease, but because it leads to unsound and unscientific practice. For, beyond all question, the medicine of the future will be based more and more upon a sound knowledge of the normal working of the human body; or, in other words, upon Applied Physiology, and the best physician will be he who combines such knowledge in fullest measure with a wide practical experience at the bedside. 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.