The philosophy of sleep / by Robert Macnish, LL.D., author of "The anatomy of drunkenness," and member of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

  • Macnish, Robert, 1802-1837
Date:
1845
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Credit: The philosophy of sleep / by Robert Macnish, LL.D., author of "The anatomy of drunkenness," and member of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    For these reasons, and for the much stronger © one, that having studied the science for several: years with a mind rather hostile than | otherwise to its doctrines, and found that. nature invariably vindicated their truth, I could come to no other conclusion than that of adopting them as a matter of belief, and employing them for the explanation of pheno- mena which they alone seem calculated to elucidate satisfactorily. The system of Gall ls gaining ground rapidly among scientific men, both in Europe and America. Some of the ablest physiologists in both quarters of the globe have admitted its accordance with nature; and, at this moment, it boasts a greater number of proselytes than at any previous period of its career. The prejudices still existing against it, result from igno- rance of its real character. As people get