An inaugural dissertation on the catamenia : submitted to the examination of the Reverend John Ewing ..., the Trustees and Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-seventh day of May, 1802 : for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Hugh Whiteford.

  • Whiteford, Hugh, -1814.
Date:
1802
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on the catamenia : submitted to the examination of the Reverend John Ewing ..., the Trustees and Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-seventh day of May, 1802 : for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Hugh Whiteford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    rejected the labours of our prcdeceflbrs. While I have endeavoured to avail myfelf of their aflifl- ance, I have alfo aflumed the liberty of thinking for myfelf. Should this interefting phyfiolo- gical phenomenon be diverted of fome of its ab- furd hypothefes, and thofe only retained, which may feem bed authenticated, my mofl fanguine expectations will be anfvvered. The philofophcr, whofe exalted mind is al- ways elevated above trifles, need only be re^ minded of his lenity in overlooking inaccuracies, with which I am confident this peice abounds. But with the petulant critic, who, like a mono- polizing tyrant, would fpurn at my mofl earnefl intreaties, it is ufelefs to expoflulate.