The medical mirror. Or treatise on the impregnation of the human female. Shewing the origin of diseases, and the principles of life and death / By E. Sibly.

Date:
[1796?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The medical mirror. Or treatise on the impregnation of the human female. Shewing the origin of diseases, and the principles of life and death / By E. Sibly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    PREFACE, hujbandman, whofe avocation JubjeEfs him alike to the . Jeveritics of allfeafons, and to that infinite variety offick^ nejsy arifmgfrom alternate cold, heat, fatigue, and want cf proper food and clothing, which is every where felt among our village poor. Above all, the uncomplaining feaman, who,fubje£Ied to the ravages of thefcurvy, yet cheerfully braves the thun- derbolts of war, and in fpite of winds and waves keeps from our peaceful fhores the devafiations of our foe and the poor foldier, who Jhrinks not from the fanguinary charge, but, regardlefs both of danger and death, bleeds in his country's caufe, are furely thefirji obje^s of medical care and comfort. T!heir perilous fttuation, in theprefent continental IS]ay, powerfully fvikirs us in their favour, draws out our compaffion to feel for their fufferings, melts tis at every new piSiure of their diftrefs, and urges us to feek the balmy oil of the good Samaritan, to heal their bleed- ing wounds. In this Mirror fuch a balm is difcovered, which, if applied in time in all thofe complaints originating in the Blood, may preferve to their relatives and friends many thoufand valuable members offociety. THJ!..