Abstract
DR. GILLIES has selected a subject rich in literature but poor in experiment, and has treated it entirely from the literary as opposed to the experimental side. The first part of the book is devoted to a résumé of the literature of counter-irritation, and inflammation, which Dr. Gillies rightly considers he must not only quote, but criticise. Some of his criticisms we do not understand, some are entirely superfluous, Dr. Gillies taking up much space in demolishing theories which in the present day nobody could possibly believe in, some—and two of these we shall consider—show a want of scientific understanding.
The Theory and Practice of Counter-Irritation.
By H. Cameron Gillies (London: Macmillan and Co., 1895.)
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"Leçons sur le Pathologic comparée de l'inflammation."
Journal of Physiology, vol. x. 404.
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T., F. The Theory and Practice of Counter-Irritation. Nature 52, 615–616 (1895). https://doi.org/10.1038/052615a0
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