"Two interesting ramifications are developed recently, from this majestic trunk of science devoted to physical man. The first named Orthopaedia, teaches how to correct certain exterior deformities, whether accidental or congenital; the success it has attained, and the extension it has acquired, make it already a special branch of Medicine. The second ramification is called Phrenology, a Greek word, which signifies, literally, a discourse on thought, or on the faculties of the soul. But, by thought, here, is meant the organ which serves, more particularly, for its manifestation. It is then the organ of thought, that is to say, the encephalon, of which Phrenology treats. Those who have made a special study of this branch, believe that the development of the faculties of the soul, or rather, the manifestation of these faculties, depends on the volume and the form of certain parts of the encephalon... the last definition that we have given to Medicine, appears to me a little too restrained, and it may be advantageously replaced, I think, by the following:—"Medicine is a Science, which aims at the Preservation of Health, the cure of Diseases, and the Physical perfection of Man.""
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Pierre-Victor Renouard, History of Medicine... (1867)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/History_of_medicine
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
History of medicine
38 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by History of medicine →
Related Quotes
"The history of medicine, of all the branches of that art, is the one to which least attention is devoted by physician…"
"Medicine and theology, now it would seem irreconcilably at variance, were in their early periods of development most …"
"To the naturalist, it [the history of medicine] teaches how the branches of his science, which lift their heads so pr…"
"An acquaintance with the history of his science is... especially indispensable to the practical physician, if he woul…"
"We prize infinitely less the fact that history, among almost all people, presents to our eyes the immortal gods as th…"
"Medicine is a science which hath been... more professed than laboured, and yet more laboured than advanced: the labou…"
"To attempt to isolate the history of medicine, and to comprehend its curious ebbs and flows of doctrine from medical …"
"When we take an extended view of the progress of medicine, tracing it from its scanty sources, in the most remote per…"
"The improvement in the healing art has been nearly in proportion to the advancement of the other arts of life, and to…"
"Willis combined the physician's expert anatomical sophistication with the fluent use of an interpretive apparatus tha…"