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Excerpt from The British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review, or Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 37: January-April, 1866This subject of the original foundation and character Of hos pitals might advantageously be investigated; to examine it here would be beside the subject we have in hand. The saying has of late become popularized, that hospitals are institutions proper to an imperfect civilization; but we look upon it as one Of those smart pseudo-philosophic dicta for which the present dayis remark able. It is possible, indeed, to imagine hospitals unnecessary and of a bygone character in a Utopian society where no sick poor, or, at least, none unable to Obtain efficient medical aid and nursing should exist; where all medical practitioners should be equally enlightened and skilled, and where the field of experience, Oh servation, and research afforded by large medical, institutions would be worthless in advancing medical science, in creating a high class of physicians and surgeons, and also in training those who should adopt the medical profession as their calling. A state of society admitting Of all this, and implying such an equality of talent, and with it such an equality in the appreciation by the public Of all practitioners in medicine, is one that we cannot regard as likely to be realized whilst human nature is what it is. Consequently we infer that hospitals, however degrading as marks Of imperfect civilization, will ever be necessary in the most civilized society to be developed and we trust that philo sophers, equally with meaner folk, will not think their efforts lost in endeavouring to make such institutions more worthy than they at present are Of the civilization Of the age.It would be much more Of a truth to say that hospitals have not, either in their construction or management, kept pace with advancing civilization. Their primary end and aim, that Of curing their patients as speedily and completely as possible, has not been kept prominently enough in view. E?brts have been expended rather in favour Of multiplying patients within their wards, than in making hospitals instruments of treatment; facility Of access has been more studied than facilities of cure and the administration Of medicines and brilliant or ingenious operations have received much more attention than the provision Of good nursing, of pure air and free ventilation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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. Unknown Author, Books, Health and Well Being, The British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review, or Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 37: January-April, Books>Health and Well Being, 1KG Limited<

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Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from The British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review, or Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 37: January-April, 1866 This subject of the original foundation and character Of hos pitals might advantageously be investigated; to examine it here would be beside the subject we have in hand. The saying has of late become popularized, that hospitals are institutions proper to an imperfect civilization; but we look upon it as one Of those smart pseudo-philosophic dicta for which the present dayis remark able. It is possible, indeed, to imagine hospitals unnecessary and of a bygone character in a Utopian society where no sick poor, or, at least, none unable to Obtain efficient medical aid and nursing should exist; where all medical practitioners should be equally enlightened and skilled, and where the field of experience, Oh servation, and research afforded by large medical, institutions would be worthless in advancing medical science, in creating a high class of physicians and surgeons, and also in training those who should adopt the medical profession as their calling. A state of society admitting Of all this, and implying such an equality of talent, and with it such an equality in the appreciation by the public Of all practitioners in medicine, is one that we cannot regard as likely to be realized whilst human nature is what it is. Consequently we infer that hospitals, however degrading as marks Of imperfect civilization, will ever be necessary in the most civilized society to be developed and we trust that philo sophers, equally with meaner folk, will not think their efforts lost in endeavouring to make such institutions more worthy than they at present are Of the civilization Of the age. It would be much more Of a truth to say that hospitals have not, either in their construction or management, kept pace with advancing civilization. Their primary end and aim, that Of curing their patients as speedily and completely as possible, has not been kept prominently enough in view. Eflbrts have been expended rather in favour Of multiplying patients within their wards, than in making hospitals instruments of treatment; facility Of access has been more studied than facilities of cure and the administration Of medicines and brilliant or ingenious operations have received much more attention than the provision Of good nursing, of pure air and free ventilation. 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., Medicine<

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