A philosophical and medical sketch of the natural history of the human body and mind ; to which is subjoined, an essay On the difficulties of attaining medical knowledge, intended for the information and amusement of those who are, or are not, of the medical profession : published for the benefit of the General Hospital at Bath / by James Makittrick Adair, M. D. member of the Royal Medical Society, and fellow of the College of Physicians, at Edinburgh.

  • Adair, James Makittrick, 1728-1802.
Date:
1787
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Credit: A philosophical and medical sketch of the natural history of the human body and mind ; to which is subjoined, an essay On the difficulties of attaining medical knowledge, intended for the information and amusement of those who are, or are not, of the medical profession : published for the benefit of the General Hospital at Bath / by James Makittrick Adair, M. D. member of the Royal Medical Society, and fellow of the College of Physicians, at Edinburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    courfe to fuch books as treat the fubjecls of phyfiology, pathology, and nofology, on a more extenfive plan. The author has, within a very fmall com- pafs, given a tolerably accurate explanation of all the morbid affeftions to which the body is fubje(Slj conne6ling them, on the one hand, with phyfiology, and on the other, with nofology; in a manner which, he flat- ters, himfelf, will be found to be equally fimple and intelligible, even to ordinary readers. Though he does not feel himfelf difpofed to infill on his claim to originality of matter, or novelty of manner 5 yet he flatters himfelf, that the judicious reader will exempt this publication from the humourous flrifture of a celebrated wit, who remarks, that new books refemble apothecaries' mixtures, which are compofed by pouring out of one bottle into another. He flatters hiaifelf that the Ladies will readily pardon a?i old fellow for throwing out fome occafional ftrokes of humour and plea- fantry, when he folemnly allures them that, exceedingly anxious as he muft be to conci- * Sterne. liate