The Diseases Of Electrical Machinery 1904
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VI
PRE FACE.
struction. A rickety constitution in a dynamo may
be the result of inherent imperfection in the forms of
those parts which should give strength to the struc-
ture, or it may be due to the employment of bad or
faulty materials, or to bad workmanship. Diseases
acquired as the result of overwork and of neglect,
though classified as acquired rather than constitutional,
are more likely to exhibit themselves in cases where
there is a constitutional weakness than in those where
the constitution is initially robust Often, indeed, the
Consulting electrical engineer, when required to advise
upon some electrical mishap, must have compared his
task to that of the medical practitioner. The physician
who is called in to see a patient must have the eye,
and the training, to detect the constitutional taint as
well as the more obviously present cause of mischief.
When called into consultation upon the human sub-
ject, the physician’s first inquiry is as to the symptoms
that present themselves. Perhaps a clinical exami-
nation may be needed to ascertain the whole of the
symptoms in a case. The diagnosis being completed,
a course of treatment suggests itself. A wide ex-
perience is here invaluable. A surgical operation
may be necessary, or perhaps bandages and poultices
may accomplish all that is required. Simple rest and
change of diet often accomplish wonderful cures ; but
in neglected cases, long and careful nursing may be
the only hope. Every profession has its failures.
Behind the physician—one speaks. of it lightly—lies