Medical extracts : on the nature of health, with practical observations: and the laws of the nervous and fibrous systems / by a friend to improvements.

Date:
1796-1797
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Credit: Medical extracts : on the nature of health, with practical observations: and the laws of the nervous and fibrous systems / by a friend to improvements. 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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    the foremoft among the modern improvers of medicine, the way to a prolongation of life and health, comparatively fpeaking, is made ealy:— and if the execution of this work has at all cor- refponded with the intention of the author, per- fons of both fexes, who have the power of fixing their minds for a few hours, and feel themfelves interefted in the important enquiry, will foon be initiated into the new difcoveries of chemiftry, and the new theory and prattice of phyfic, there- by introduced. The labours of many enlightened phyficians are here prefented in one body, and by notes, and fome alterations in the text, and a methodical arrangement, it is hoped, they are rendered in- telligible even to fuch as have not been ac- cuftomed to ftudies of this kind. As a juft tri- but of refpedl and efteem, I have the honour to fubfcribe myfel£ Sir, Yours, &c. &c.