Medicine made to agree with the institutions of nature, or A new mechanical practice of physick ... / by Dav. Stephenson, M.A.

  • Stephenson, David, M.A.
Date:
MDCCXLIV [1744]
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Credit: Medicine made to agree with the institutions of nature, or A new mechanical practice of physick ... / by Dav. Stephenson, M.A. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    upon, and have had the Satisfaction of their Approbation ; I have never heard any material Ob¬ jection to the Principles and Practices deferib’d in this Treatife; the only Objection I have met with, is the Difficulty of reducing it into PraCtice, partly on account of the Apparatus and Ma- chinry, and likewife from the Prejudices of Phyficians and Surgeons, who will be unwilling to refign and lay down their old, and to adopt a new PraCtice •, as to the former Part of the Objection, it is to be confider’d, that moft, if not all the beft Inventions, and molt ufeful Difcoveries have been fubjeCt to the like Objection at their firft Appearance, and have been thought clogg’d and embarrafs’d with invincible Difficulties, which yet have been happily furmounted afterwards by future Application and Induftry, and I doubt not in the lead but this prefent Undertaking will be attended with the like Succefs, as the fame is founded upon true and rational Principles lo that to this Part of the Objection relating to the Difficulty of bringing thofe new Methods into Prac¬ tice, it will be fufficient at prefent if I anfwer thereto in the Words of the Poet, Labor improbus omnia vincit. And as to the latter Part of the Objection, I doubt not but Time, Experience and FaCts will convince the World of the univerfal Ufefulnefs of this Undertaking. And therefore as the bringing it into PraCtice will be of the greateft Advantage to the Publick, fo I hope pro¬ per Methods will be taken for that Purpofe. 18. Iam withal at the fame Time fenfible how very unequal my Abilities are for fuch an Un¬ dertaking, and to the great Importance, Dignity and Ufefulnefs of the Subjects here treated of, which would have deferv’d the Labours of a much abler Pen, to have fet them in a truer and more perfeCt Light, and am moreover confcious with myfelf of many Imperfections in the Stile, Order and Method of treating the fame. However, confidering that the Methods and Practices here propos’d and deferib’d are entirely new, and if what I have advanc’d upon thofe Subjects be but intelligible, and appear withal to be grounded upon true rational Principles ; I am fatisfied that every candid unprejudiced Reader will readily pardon whatever DefeCts may be found there¬ in, with refpeCt to the Accuracy of the Method, Stile, £?<r. Truth and Reafon being the only great Point, and Standard Rule and Meafure that ought always to be regarded and kept in View, in examining and palling Judgment upon this, and all other the like Performances; and however, it be but a rough unfinilh’d Piece, as being yet but in a State of Embrionifm and unform’d, yet am I not afraid to venture it abroad into the World and let it fee the open Light, being willing to fubmit it to a fair impartial Examination and Trial, provided that I be allow’d to bring Nature, Truth, Experience, and FaCts, for my Evidence, and have Reafon for my Judge. Remembring withal, before palling Judgment, the following Advice and Caution. -— ...in Magnis, fc? Voluijfe, fat eft. Propert. Nihil eft ex omni parte Perfeftum. General