Download or read book The Future of Medicine (Classic Reprint) written by James Mackenzie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Future of Medicine To be successful in any endeavour it is necessary to have a clear idea of the object towards which we strive. The Chief aim towards which all endeavours should be bent, in medicine, is the prevention and cure of disease. While that should be the aim, its achievement is difficult, for the greatest efforts of the profession are diverted to the more urgent call - the relief of suffer ing, and the improvement of impaired health. Disease is rarely recognised until it has impaired the health of the individual, and produced suffering; and the concentration of attention to this stage has diverted attention from the preceding stages. 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.