 | New York State Medical Association - Medicine - 1885 - 674 pages
...change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary visits are to be avoided, as they give useless anxiety to...him liable to be suspected of interested motives. § 4. A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savor of empiricism,... | |
 | 1893 - 158 pages
...which may occur, and also to tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary visits are to be avoided, as they give useless anxiety to...him liable to be suspected of interested motives. SECT. 4. A. physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savor of... | |
 | Medicine - 1896 - 800 pages
...at stake." Yes, and personally, I believe it is the most truthful. Further, as Dr. Percival says : "A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savour of empiricism by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the disease."... | |
 | New York County Medical Association - 1898 - 76 pages
...change which may occur and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary visits are to be avoided, as they give useless anxiety to...him liable to be suspected of interested motives. SECTION 4. — A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savor... | |
 | John William Severin Gouley - 1906 - 398 pages
...I65 which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary visits are to be avoided as they give useless anxiety to...him liable to be suspected of interested motives." It is asked — "what constitutes frequent visits?" There are diseases which require the attention... | |
 | Medical Association of Georgia. Annual Meeting - Medicine - 1889 - 290 pages
...change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient ; but unnecessary visits are to be avoided, as they give useless anxiety to...tend to diminish the authority of the physician, and to render him liable to be suspected of interested motives. § 4. A physician should not be forward... | |
 | Henry Leopold Elsner - Internal medicine - 1916 - 1316 pages
...life may be prolonged and usefulness continued. Percival's advice in this connection is wholesome. "A physician should not be forward to make gloomy...of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his service in the treatment or cure of disease." . . . He should "give to the friends of the patient timely... | |
 | Diagnosis - 1916 - 1316 pages
...life may be prolonged and usefulness continued. Percival's advice in this connection is wholesome. "A physician should not be forward to make gloomy...of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his service in the treatment or cure of disease." . . . He should "give to the friends of the patient timely... | |
 | Medicine - 1880 - 396 pages
...diminish the authority of the physician, and render him liable to be suspected of interested motives. § 4. A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savour of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the... | |
 | Medical Association of the State of Alabama - Medicine - 1875 - 372 pages
...change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient But unnecessary visits are to be avoided, as they give useless anxiety to...him liable to be suspected of interested motives. SBC. •!, A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savor of... | |
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Frequent visits to the sick are in general requisite, since they enable the physician to arrive at a more perfect knowledge of the disease, to meet promptly every change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary... 
