Testimonials from James Sanders, M.D : member of the Royal College of Physicians, and lecturer on the practice of physic, as candidate for the professorship of the practice of physic, in the University of Edinburgh, to the Right Honourable the Lord Provost, and the other members of the Town Council.

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[1821]
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Credit: Testimonials from James Sanders, M.D : member of the Royal College of Physicians, and lecturer on the practice of physic, as candidate for the professorship of the practice of physic, in the University of Edinburgh, to the Right Honourable the Lord Provost, and the other members of the Town Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IS This is a document much more a ^reeable to an author, and of much more weight, in every respect, than any other kind of approbation. The most dis- tinguished professional men of a foreign nation, judging deliberately, and, from the very nature of cir- cumstances, disinterestedly, of ones labours, and, after accurate examination, proclaiming that judg- ment to the world, furnishes a decision that cannot be questioned, from which, indeed, there is no ap- peal. Since that time, the subject has undergone com- plete revision, both in the united kingdoms, and in America. That most accurate observer, Dr Halla- ran of Dublin, and every other author, has added to the confirmation of what I, under so many disadvan- tages, ventured first to promulgate. Nor is it easy to calculate, how many lives must have been saved, by the diseases having been ascertained, and the condi- tions in which this most powerful substance can be used, so as to procure its highly benelicial effects, and by the limits having been fixed, within which it can be, with perfect safety, administered. As for my treatise on Pulmonary Consumption, what influence it has had, I do not pretend to esti- mate ; but this I aver, that every subsequent work, that I have read, has added proof to my statements, and sanction to my practical admonitions. Let any man compare the doctrines, and the treatment in those complaints, which prevailed previously to 1S0S, with those that now prevail, and he will perceive that an immense change has been somehow effected.