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How we read the source
This edition distinguishes the historical source from its contemporary presentation. The selected image of The Medical Times is provided by Wellcome Collection and is identified in its item record with Public Domain Mark. Source references and image details are listed with each feature.
New introductions, commentary and translations are identified as contemporary editorial work. The historic journal title is used to identify the source being discussed. The edition does not claim ownership of that historic title or endorsement by Wellcome Collection.
Historical sources and annotated editions
Historical material must have an identifiable publication, issue or date, a precise source location and a documented rights status before publication. Facsimiles, transcriptions, translations and contemporary commentary are labelled separately. A transcription is checked against the source image; a translation does not replace the original wording.
Historical clinical statements are not presented as current medical guidance. Any contemporary medical claim introduced by an editor requires its own current sources and appropriate review. Material that cannot be read reliably is marked as uncertain or omitted rather than reconstructed.
An archive date describes the historical source. Publication and revision dates on Aesthetic Times describe the contemporary edition. Libraries and collections are credited as sources, not presented as endorsing partners without a documented agreement.
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