CHAPTER I.
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Retrospect 1
Progress of Discovery—Missions of individuals—Galileo, Bacon, Kepler 2
Berzelius, Davy, &c.—Combined effect 3
Difficulty of estimating individual efforts—Physiological laws 4
Meaning of events seldom seen at the time 5
Propose to point out the position occupied by Abernethy ib.
Necessity of clearly seeing what is required 6
Medical science—False ideas on 7
Birth of Abernethy 8
Goes to School 9
CHAP. II.
Predictions often erroneous—Dryden, Swift, Sheridan, Niebuhr, Galileo, Newton, Wren 11
Individuality of Abernethy 12
Schoolfellows of Abernethy 13
School reminiscences 14
Mr. Thacker's letter 15
Leaves school for London 16
CHAP. III.
Of the choice of a profession 17
Of steadiness and industry 18
Abernethy's ready memory 19
Becomes a pupil in surgery 20
Apprenticed to Sir C. Blicke 22
Early indications 23
CHAP. IV.
Sir W. Blizard—His influence 25
Abernethy's view of anatomy 26
His gratitude to Sir William 27
How expressed—Quotation 28
Demonstrates for Sir W. Blizard 28
Mode of teaching anatomy described—Mr. Pott 30
CHAP. V.
A large London hospital 21
Elected Assistant Surgeon—Important epoch in his life 33
His position—Lectures in St. Bartholomew Close 34
Dr. Maclaurin, Dr. Marshall, Mr. Pott ib.
His education as a lecturer 35
Of teaching too early ib.
Its disadvantages—His lectures soon attractive—His arrangement 36
Impresses the importance of comparative anatomy 37
His labours—Zeal and industry—Early rising 38
Shyness of Abernethy 39
Theatre built in the hospital—His winter courses given in it, 1791—Thus the founder of the school in St. Bartholomew's ib.
CHAP. VI.
Of change in all created things 41
Experiments 42
Grows vegetables in distilled water—Boyle, Fordyce—Tadpoles, observations on 43
Experiments on eggs, curious 44
On the ultimate particles of matter 44
Dissection of a whale 46
Of the absorbent vessels 47
Of glands or kernels 48
Curious cases 49
Combination of natural laws 50
Dissection—How formerly supplied 51
Curious position of heart and liver 52
Of the public aversion to the inspection of the dead 53
CHAP. VII.
Of painless diseases 56
Of insidious maladies ib.
Of his essay on lumbar abscess, &c.—Of his plan 57
How misunderstood 58
Misinterpreted by Sir A. Cooper 59
Real objects of his plan 60
Suggested by an accident ib.
CHAP. VIII.
His paper on the skin and lungs 61
Of the progress of chemistry 62
Objects of his inquiry 64
Of the uses of the lungs 65
Consequences, if mistaken ib.
Of the coverings of animals 66
Of the clothing of birds 67
Of breathing by the skin 68
Leaves, the lungs of vegetables ib.
Great importance of the skin ib.
Sanctorius, Cruikshank, Edwards ib.
Experiments of Abernethy 69
—— in quicksilver, in water 70
Carbonic acid—How formed 71
Errors on this point ib.
Experiments on his own lungs 73
Immense surface of the skin 74
Importance of relations of lungs and other organs 75
His remarks on consumption 76
Investigation required—What? 77
CHAP. IX.
Tic douloureux—What? 78
His remarks on ib.
Use of the nerves 79
Case 80
Of his paper on the consequences of bleeding 82
Comparative infrequency of 83
Abernethy's rising reputation 85
Moves to St. Mildred's Court ib.
Publishes first part of "Physiological Essays" ib.
CHAP. X.
Of his paper on injuries of the head 86
His powers of analysis ib.
Pierre Joseph Desault 87
Of Bichat's eulogium on Desault ib.
Parallel of Desault and Abernethy 88
Their solution of a difficulty 89
Abernethy's improvement 91
CHAP. XI.
His experiments on muscles, &c. 93
Of their contraction after death ib.
Of Galvanism—Its importance in aid of discovery 94
Of Fontana—His experiments ib.
Experiments of Abernethy 95
Of the respiration of fish 97
Of the temperature of animals ib.
CHAP. XII.
Expts. on animals, involving cruelty, questioned 99
Claims of physiology 100-1
Orfila, Charles Bell 101
Cruel experiments useless ib.
Spalanzani 100-3
Cruelty as opposed to the interests of science as to moral feeling 104-5
CHAP. XIII.
Abernethy on tumours 106
Simplicity of his plan 107
Importance of names—His arrangement—Defects of plan 108-9
Popular illustration 110
Analogies in vegetables 111
His paper on certain curious results of wounds in the lungs 112
His paper on mothers' marks, or nævi 114
Hunter's celebrated operation—First extension of it by Abernethy 115-6
His paper on the Heart 116
His increasing reputation—Removes to Bedford Row 117
CHAP. XIV.
His marriage 118
False reports concerning 119
His difficulty 121
His letter 122
Marriage at Edmonton 123
Lectures the same day 125
CHAP. XV.
His book on the Constitutional Origin of Local Diseases, otherwise called "My Book" 126
Slow progress of truth 127
Importance of simple facts 128
Mr. Hunter 129
Sir C. Bell—Physiology a science of observation ib.
Popular illustrations 130
Remarks on John Hunter's audience 131
Mr. Cline—His remarks on J. Hunter ib.
A great Evil 132
Mr. Boodle ib.
Important inferences and cautions—Lord Bacon 133
Names of diseases—Their importance 134
Defective nomenclature—Result of partial views which it tends to perpetuate 135
Misconceptions of his views 136-7
Popular illustrations 137-8
Subtle nature of odours 140
Vigilance of the stomach 140-1
Abernethy's illustrations of his views 141
CHAP. XVI.
Influence of digestive organs 146
Of specific poisons 147
A suggestive case 148
Mr. Boodle—Recapitulatory—Causes of failure examined 150-3
How nature deals with injurious influences 154-7
Impressions produced by "My Book"—Abernethy's increasing practice—Sir James Earle—Anecdote—Retrospect 159-63
CHAP. XVII.
Abernethy's position—His high reputation 164-
Pupils present plate—Subscribe for his portrait 167-8
Offered a Baronetcy, which he declines 169
Note from Sir B. C. Brodie 170
Anecdote—Painful impressions in prospect 171
CHAP. XVIII.
Lincoln's-Inn Fields 173
Hunterian Museum 174
Mr. Clift 175
Abernethy lectures at the College 176
His faithful representation of Hunter—His additional illustrations—Illustrations not opinions 173-80
CHAP. XIX.
Effects of anatomy 181
Bacon, Pope, Addison 182
Abernethy—Lawrence ib.
Mr. Lawrence's exordium 183
Its comprehensive fidelity ib.
Mr. Lawrence's first lectures 184
Mr. Abernethy in relation to the opinions advocated 185
Personal application by Lawrence of Abernethy's observations 186
Others engage in the discussion 187
CHAP. XX.
Review of the controversy 188
Difficulty of Abernethy's position 189
Discussion of the pupils ib.
Difficulty of Abernethy's position 190
Of "tendency" as an argument 191
Abernethy's moderation ib.
Of the poverty of language 192
Of the conduct of the College ib.
Of imputed scepticism 193
Alleged neglect of the Sabbath 194
Conduct of the College 195
Apathy of the College ib.
Abernethy's moderation 196
CHAP. XXI.
Abernethy's style of lecturing 167
Extracts from lectures 197-216
CHAP. XXII.
Abernethy as a teacher 217
Communication of ideas 218
Of simplicity ib.
Of unnecessary technicalities 219
Some lecturers very technical ib.
An example 220
A sentence from Abernethy ib.
Of tricks—Good breeding 221
Vulgarity—Abernethy's freedom from ib.
Of quantity—Expression 222
Of Metaphorical language—Mode of impressing facts—Anecdote of Dr. T. Rees—Of his stories 222-4
His dramatic power—Anecdote—Of the pathetic—Anecdote—Tone of voice never declamatory 225-7
Inconveniences of declamation—Of sympathy with the student—Of order—Favourite passages—His liveliness 228-9
His successful manner—In referring to adaptation 230-1
Inconvenience of marvellousness 232
Of the passions or feelings—Of illustrations addressed to the external senses 233
CHAP. XXIII.
Abernethy's humour—Anecdote—His self-possession—Of his excellent moral tone 234-7
Salutary impressions—Gentleness—Its importance—An important improvement—General effects of his lectures—His negative excellences very great 238-9
CHAP. XXIV.
Of immoralities of trades and professions, &c. 240
Of habit and fashion—Of conventional morality—Influence of fashion—Honesty the best policy—Of public credulity—Of legal practice 241-3
Mischief of conventional morality, Examples of—Illustrations of conduct—Decisions of doubtful operations—Moral influence of Abernethy 244-6
CHAP. XXV.
Of consultation 247
Of differences of opinion 249
Consultation—Examples of 250-2
CHAP. XXVI.
Abernethy in consultation 253
Anecdote 260
Abernethy's extension of John Hunter's operation for Aneurism 262
Abernethy in consultation 263-4
CHAP. XXVII.
Of manner 266
Of Abernethy's manner—His roughness and benevolence 268-9
Anecdotes 270-4
His liberality 275
His humanity 276
Anecdote 277
Of operative dexterity ib.
Of operating ib.
A hoax 278
Of anecdotes generally ib.
His manner considered 279
Self-government 280
Of publishing lectures 281
Extract from a letter 282
SECTION.
Appointed Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's in 1815 282
Ageing at fifty 283
CHAP. XXVIII.
The hospital system 284-7
Of operations—Of chloroform 289
John Hunter on operations 290
Hospital system resumed 221
Of apprentice qualification 292
Of imperfect records of cases 293
Of division of labour 294
Hospital system a failure—Its Various evils 295
CHAP. XXIX.
Hospital system continued 296
Abernethy and The System 296
Professor Owen—Cuvier 297-300
Discussions at the hospital 301-4
Sir A. Cooper in illustration of The System 305
Sir Charles Bell—Abernethy's disinterestedness 307
Failure and unsatisfactory result of the Hospital System—Concluding remarks 308-10
CHAP. XXX.
Influence of research in science—Its first impulses—Its higher aspirations—Its Religion 311-12
The idea of some that scientific men have a tendency to scepticism in Religion opposed to evidences of experience 313
Of the analogies of Religion and Science 314
No more avowed believers in religious truth than scientific men—Boyle, Bacon, Kepler, Newton, Locke—Many, too, of the medical profession, as Locke, Böerhaave, Linnæus, Sloane, Haller, &c. 315
Divines, on the other hand, recognize the importance of the study of the laws of nature—Cudworth, Butler, Sturm, Derham, Paley, Crombie, &c. ib.
Of Paschal, St. Pierre, Gilpin, White 316
Extracts from MSS. &c. 317
CHAP. XXXI.
Obligations to Abernethy 327-8
John Hunter 329
Hunter and Abernethy 330-1
Obligations to Abernethy 332-9
CHAP. XXXII.
Of evils and their correction 340-1
Signs of public distrust 342
Thoughts of the public 343
Homœopathy—Hydropathy 344-52
Lord Bacon—Of perceptions 353
Hopes and predictions 354
CHAP. XXXIII.
His favourite mare—House at Enfield 355-6
Wounded in dissection—His irritable Heart 357
Anecdote 358
Receives thanks of the Council—His reply 359
Letter to Sir W. Blizard 360
Of illness in medical men 361
Resigns the hospital 362
His resignation 363
Letter to Mr. Belfour 364
Memorial addressed to him 365
An interview 366
His death—Tablet to his memory 367-8
CHAP. XXXIV.
Of his character 369-70
Impressions of his character 372
Too many Gnathos 373
Abernethy's dislike of this kind of assentation ib.
Anecdote 374
Kindness to hospital patients 375
His benevolence 376
Letters, how far to be relied on as expositions of character—To Mr. Kingdon, to Mrs. Warburton, to Mrs. Abernethy 376-82
His pleasures at home with the children 383
Battledore and shuttlecock—Theatricals—Magic lantern—At Enfield—Gardening, &c. 384
Impressions of his character 385-9
Conclusion 389
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