Project Gutenberg 2023-04-11 Public domain in the USA. 156 Hooker, Worthington 1806 1867 Hooker, W. (Worthington) Burder, Thomas Harrison 1789 1843 Burder, Dr. (Thomas Harrison) 07035740 Physician and patient : $b or, a practical view of the mutual duties, relations and interests of the medical profession and the community $aUnited States :$bBaker & Scribner, $c1849. Bob Taylor, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Physician and Patient: Or, A Practical View of the Mutual Duties, Relations and Interests of the Medical Profession and the Community" by Worthington Hooker is a medical treatise written in the mid-19th century. This work discusses the relationship between physicians and patients, focusing on the expectations and responsibilities of both parties within the context of healthcare. It aims to address prevalent medical misconceptions and the pervasive issue of quackery and to establish a better understanding of the medical profession's role. The opening of the book introduces the author’s goals and purposes for writing, emphasizing the mutual obligations of physicians and patients. Hooker highlights the fundamental uncertainties within the practice of medicine, using a comparison to chemistry to illustrate the variability in patient responses to treatment. He addresses issues of quackery and emphasizes the importance of an educated medical profession, aiming for both practitioners and the public to develop a clearer understanding of medical practices. The excerpt also discusses the complexities involved in diagnosing and treating diseases, reinforcing the need for careful observation and thoughtful practice among physicians. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/physicianandpati00hookuoft/page/n9/mode/2up 20200708015503hooker 1849 US Reading ease score: 53.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Physicians Physician and patient Medical ethics Quacks and quackery R Text Category: Health & Medicine 941882 2025-06-28T04:50:30.711067 text/html 938726 2023-04-11T12:36:07 text/html 639748 2025-06-28T04:50:40.516981 application/epub+zip 636271 2025-06-28T04:50:32.489009 application/epub+zip 521810 2025-06-28T04:50:31.619017 application/epub+zip 1291556 2025-06-28T04:50:46.950990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1232066 2025-06-28T04:50:39.617003 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 872106 2025-06-28T04:50:29.418029 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 871864 2023-04-11T12:36:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19907 2025-06-28T04:50:47.105953 application/rdf+xml 18106 2025-06-28T04:50:31.832996 image/jpeg 2390 2025-06-28T04:50:31.721996 image/jpeg 307523 2023-04-11T12:36:33 application/octet-stream application/zip 550789 2023-04-11T12:36:33 application/octet-stream application/zip 552188 2025-06-28T04:50:30.786005 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia