A register of experiments anatomical, physiological, & pathological, performed on living animals / by James Turner.

  • Turner, James.
Date:
1839
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A register of experiments anatomical, physiological, & pathological, performed on living animals / by James Turner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. THE presumption of an individual so obscure as the writer of these pages soliciting the time and attention (though merely a passing notice) of a body of men constituting a scientific class of the community, justly acknowledged the most learn- ed, the most wise, and at the same time the most usefiil to mankind at large, impresses me with a deep sense of the magnitude of my task, though it deters me not from the undertaking. Notv^dthstanding the confidence expressed in my advertisement, I feel that I cannot reasonably expect to excite your attention and interest with- out respectfully placing before you some of my pretensions for having embarked in so bold a pro- cedure ; but, aware of the immense value of your time, it behoves me to be brief. I must premise, that I commenced active prac- B