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Article1 February 1932Hero Worship and the Propagation of Fallacies(Lessons from the Lives of Jean Astruc and John Hunter)* †C. S. BUTLER, M.D., F.A.C.P.C. S. BUTLER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-8-1033 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptGabriel LeClerc in the year 1692 wrote a compend entitled "La Chirurgie Complete" which, according to Garrison went through eighteen editions. The fourth edition was translated into English in 1707, and we will quote part of the title-page of this because of its pleasing quaintness of diction: "The Compleat Surgeon: or the Whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar method. Containing an exact account of its principles and several parts, viz. Of the bones, muscles, tumours, ulcers, and wounds, simple and complicated, or those by gun-shot; As also of VenerealDiseases, the Scurvy, Fractures, Luxations, and all sorts...References1 CLENDENING L: History of certain instruments, Ann. Int. Med., 1930, iv, 176-189. LinkGoogle Scholar2 MANSON-BAHR PH: Yaws, Brit. Jr. Ven. Dis., 1928, iv, 44-54. Google Scholar3 MANSON-BAHR : Tropical diseases, 1929, William Wood and Company, New York, p. 500. Google Scholar4 CASTELLANICHALMERS AAJ: Frambesia tropica, (Yaws), The practice of medicine in the tropics, Byam and Archibald, 1922, ii, Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton, London, p. 1309. Google Scholar5 FOX H: Yaws (frambesia tropica) as observed in Haiti, Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1929, xx, 820-834. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 MACLEOD JM: Contribution to the histo-pathology of yaws, Brit. Med. Jr., 1901, 797-803. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: C. S. BUTLER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: U.S. Navy U.S. Naval Hospital Brooklyn, N.Y.*Read at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 20th, 1931.†Received for publication, November 2, 1931. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 February 1932Volume 5, Issue 8Page: 1033-1038KeywordsBoneMusclesSexually transmitted diseasesSurgeonsSurgeryUlcers ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...
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