Год выпуска: 2008 Автор: Richard C. Cabot Издательство: Страниц: 544 ISBN: 1443706760
Описание
A Layman's Handbook Of Medicine, With Special Reference To Social Workers - By R. C. Cabot - 1916 - PREFACE - To boil medicine down to the essentials needed by the general public and yet to avoid making it tasteless is my attempt in this book. It is too Iong but 1 could not make it shorter without also making it duller, Not everything in it is practical, for one of the publics needs, as I see them, is to get a glimpse of some amazingly interesting aspects of medicine mlich have little or no practical value. The pages on comparative anatomy, the tragic facts of anaphylaxis and some other passages were written out with this belief. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Yes it certainly is. But since every body and soul in the civilized world has now been thoroughly exposed to this dangerous contagion, I know no way to reduce the risk of disaster except by injecting into all who wiIl submit a larger dose of knowledge in the least irritating form procurable. Gradually I hope an...
