# Physician and patient

Author: Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867; Burder, Thomas Harrison, 1789-1843 [Contributor]

Genre: Category: Health & Medicine

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70530

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Physician+and+patient+Hooker&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Importance of the subject. Definiteness of results in chemistry. Only a distant and humble approach to this possible in medicine. Illustration from chemistry. CAUSES OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF MEDICINE. 1. Sympathy between different organs; 2. Symptoms produced at a distance from the seat of disease. Disease extended by sympathy. Transposition of disease from one organ to another. 2. Influence of unseen or secret causes. Nature of many causes of disease unknown. Combination of many agencies in producing disease, some of them having acted a long time. Cases rendered complex by treatment before physician is applied to. 3. Natural changes in the system arising from the curative power of nature, a...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/32/index.md)
- [LETTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/41/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/43/index.md)
- [LETTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/40/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/42/index.md)
- [LETTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/44/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/physician-and-patient-70530/chapters/2/index.md)