Excerpt from Medical Errors: Fallacies Connected With the Application of the Inductive Method of Reasoning to the Science of Medicine<br><br>The lectures are now published just as they were delivered, with the addition only of certain portions which were suppressed at the time, so as to occupy no more than the three hours allowed me. But it would require a volume of much larger dimensions to do full justice to the two subjects which I have endea voured to place side by side. The true meaning of induction, the tests of its accuracy, and the value of its results, have been contrasted with the mistaken notion of it which is generally entertained, the fal lacies which are accepted, and the erroneous conclu sions which have consequently been adopted. And, though it be vain to expect that true principles of reasoning could be thus made intelligible to persons who have not previously studied the subject, I may yet be permitted to hope that the examples of false reasoning, selected from recent medical literature, may prompt a desire to become better acquainted with what I conceive to be the only true means for the advancement of science. I trust, too, that on their perusal, my lectures may continue to receive the approbation of those, my seniors in the profes sion, whose too partial judgment of the fragmentary portion presented to my audience at the college, has tempted me to publish them in their Complete form.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.