Volume 2

The miscellaneous tracts of the late William Withering... : to which is prefixed a memoir of his life, character, and writings.

  • Withering, William, 1741-1799.
Date:
1822
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    have spoken strongly in favour of the medicine, and perhaps been flattering to my own reputation. But Truth and Science would condemn the pro- cedure. I have, therefore, mentioned every case in which I have prescribed the Foxglove, proper or improper, successful or otherwise. Such a conduct will lay me open to the censure of those who are disposed to censure, but it will meet the approbation of others, who are the best qualified to be judges. To the Surgeons and Apothecaries, with whom I am connected in practice, both in this town and at a distance, I beg leave to make this public acknowledgement, for the assistance they so rea- dily afforded me, in perfecting some of the cases, and in communicating the events of others. The ages of the patients are not always exact, nor would the labour of making them so have been repaid by any useful consequences. In a few instances accuracy in that respect was neces- sary, and there it has been attempted; but in general, an approximation towards the truth was supposed to be sufficient. The cases related from my own experience are generally written in the shortest form I could contrive, in order to save time and labour. Some of them are given more in detail, when particular circumstances made such detail necessary; but the cases communicated by other practitioners, are given in their own words.