George M. Gould
Published: 2017-11-20
Total Pages: 574
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Excerpt from A Dictionary of New Medical Terms: Including Upwards of 38, 000 Words and Many Useful Tables, Being a Supplement to "an Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine Biology, and Allied Sciences," Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology, and Allied Sciences. It seemed at that time as if, for the most part, the possible phasings and discoveries of pathologic and physiologic conditions must have been made and designated with names. Since then I have kept an eye - and through friends and helpers, many eyes - upon the busy minting still proceeding unabated. That in a decade over'30,000 new terms should have been devised is almost incredible. It is doubtful if any other science or Object of study has ever shown such a phenomenon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.