Select dissertations on several subjects of medical science / by Sir Gilbert Blane ; now first collected, with alterations and additions; together with several new and original articles.

  • Blane, Gilbert, Sir, 1749-1834.
Date:
1822
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Credit: Select dissertations on several subjects of medical science / by Sir Gilbert Blane ; now first collected, with alterations and additions; together with several new and original articles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Kings College London. The original may be consulted at Kings College London.

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    TO THE KING. Sire, I HAVE been induced to solicit the sanction of Your Majesty’s Name to this work, from reflecting, that the subjects of it have arisen either out of a course of public duty, in whic^ it was my lot to witness, and to act an humble part, in some of the most splendid events of British History, or during a period in which I have had the honour of being engaged in the service of Your Majesty’s Person and ' Family. In the exercise of these and other duties of a profession, which has for its end the alleviation of human suffering, and the saving of human life, it has been my aim, to the utmost of my inadequate powers, to extend its utihty, and uphold its dignity, by founding it on the deep and solid basis of genuine science and sound philosophy, as the most ac- ceptable service I could render to a Monarch, who, as He is the Father of His People, so is He the object of their veneration and aflec-