Physician and patient : $b or, a practical view of the mutual duties, relations and interests of the medical profession and the community

"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 discussion of the connections between doctors and those they care for in the 1800s. It looks at what doctors and patients should expect from each other, while trying to clear up misunderstandings about medicine and fake treatments. The book starts by explaining why it was written: to point out what doctors and patients owe each other. Hooker uses a comparison to chemistry to show how treating people can be unpredictable. By talking about fake medical practices and stressing the need for well-trained doctors, the author aims to give both doctors and the public a better understanding of how medicine works, along with the challenges of figuring out what’s wrong with patients and how to treat them.