REVIEW.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2569, 2 April 1877, Page 2

REVIEW.

Diaokosis: An Inaugural ZectHtg. fa J. G. Bkanky, J?\K,O.B.Ji.

We hare received from the publisher, F. F. Bailliere,. Melbourne, a very elegantly got ip" fittle bouk with? thY above' title, the coutents being a lecture delivered to the medical students of the Melbourne Hospital at the inauguration of the second session. 187.7, by.«Famei George Beaney, F/JK.&S E.'.sMiorstrgeon) to the Hospital. Io opening, the author says :—" Diagnosis is the art of rightly interpreting, the; signs or symptons by which diseases and accidents declare themselves, and by a., knowledge of which we are enabled to distinguish one malady or hsion froin:;^all; 'jp*herLl affections. To attain co high an a'ccom* phshment in;: tho sxirgicftli.arf,] 1 it is necessary that you should be well versed io the sciences ot.anatomy, physiology, and pathology, aided by asspi t of industry in the practical application of these to the investigation and study of the diseases and. injuries which w.ijl <i >ily confraigjoa iv the wards of this lar^o Hospital." The lecturer'then proceeds to-point out the importance of correctly diagnosing disease. before proceeding to. txeatm nt, giving practical hints, and illustrating the danger of acting, upon erroneous,.conclusions. The lecture was no doubt eminently suited for the. ccasipa .whicircalled for its delivery, and it will proimbly be useful to many general practitioners, but as it -- abounds iv -technicalities it .is .evidently,., intended tor *' the profession," aud not for general readers. ' . »* / .'{■ /TJJ