A course of fifteen lectures on medical botany, denominated Thomson's new theory of medical practice in which the various theories that have preceded it are reviewed and compared delivered in Cincinnati, Ohio / By Samuel Robinson.

  • Robinson, Samuel, M.D.
Date:
1835
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Credit: A course of fifteen lectures on medical botany, denominated Thomson's new theory of medical practice in which the various theories that have preceded it are reviewed and compared delivered in Cincinnati, Ohio / By Samuel Robinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE READER. A COMBINATION of causes induced me to exam- ine the system of Medical Botany, and deliver this course of Lectures. Of the character of an au- thor, I am neither ambitious nor repugnant. Were the items summed together, “of all that creep and all that soar,” in this department of Literature, the amount of remuneration might not be very seduc- tive. Jam but a pioneer in a path unknown, and may have stumbled in my course, or failed to clear the way; still I am persuaded enough has been done, to excite the attention of the curious, and rouse the penetration of the profound. Of all the interests of this mortal life, the preservation and care of health is one of the most important and absorbing. Without it existence is a burden; days and nights, and times and seasons, perform their revolutions, spread abroad their beauties, and ex- hibit their varieties in vain. If, in any thing, there- fore, I have contributed to relieve the maladies of the human race, by directing, them to a mode of practice safe and salutary, at once within the reach of their attainments and pecuniary resources, I shall fee] the highest gratification. I know the subject on which J have discoursed, is one highly unpopular ; and may subject me to the reproach of some of my best friends. But the die is cast, and the ordeal Iam willing to en- counter. From the conviction, that even though [ should have failed, the cause itself, is susceptible