Observations on the Harveian doctrine of the circulation of the blood / by George Kerr.

  • Kerr, George.
Date:
1819
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Credit: Observations on the Harveian doctrine of the circulation of the blood / by George Kerr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    have shown my observations, are nearly unani- mous in assuring me that they believe them well founded ; but in many of my professional brethren there lias appeared a great reluctance to enter upon the discussion, amounting to a seeming dread of conviction. Indeed, in many cases, it might be a serious affair for a practitioner to declare himself a schismatic from the Catholic physiological persuasion ; and I continue to urge the subject upon your attention, because if, after reffection and due investigation, you find reason to depart from what you call tlie faith in which you were educated, I shall expect your ready and full recantation. For, in the words of Celsus, I can assure you that thus you will act—“ More scilicet magnorum vironim, et fiduciam mag- nnrum rerum habentium. Nam lextia ingenia quia nihil habent, 7iihil sibi detrahunt; magno ingenio mullaque nihilominus habituro, con- venit eliam simplex veri crroris cofjJ'essio’' But your remark concerning the difficulty of effecting any change in the [lublic opinion is unquestionably Just, and all I propose by