Excerpt from Functional Pathology of Internal Diseases
The study of disease from the functional standpoint has progressed rapidly in recent years. Advances in physiology, biochemistry, immunology and experimental pathology, as well as the careful and systematic study of patients, have thrown much new light upon disturbances of function. To the physician these advances have been of increasing significance. !Not only have they served to interpret the clinical pictures with which he comes in contact, but they have pointed the way to new diagnostic methods and have furnished new indications for treatment.
The present book deals with those changes in function that are presented by patients suffering from internal diseases. The rapid progress in this field and the fact that it has been attacked from so many points of view make its presentation by a single individual one of peculiar difficulty. It is to be hoped, however, that a selection and discussion of topics by one whose primary interest lies in the clinic will prove of value to those who are also dealing with patients.
In order to make the presentation more brief and more readable, historical and controversial matter has in general been omitted and the author has often expressed an arbitrary opinion on still debatable subjects. For more complete discussions the reader is referred to the larger monographs and reviews cited at the end of each chapter. In these, summarized accounts of the earlier literature will be found. Additional references, mainly to recent literature, have also been cited, and for the benefit of those who do not read foreign languages preference has been given to articles that have appeared in English.
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