Lectures on the duties and qualifications of a physician / By John Gregory.

  • Gregory, John, 1724-1773.
Date:
1772
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Credit: Lectures on the duties and qualifications of a physician / By John Gregory. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    their own fkill and abilities; and a de¬ meanor folemn, contemptuous, and high¬ ly expreffive of felf-fufficiency. Thefe arts, however well they might fucceed with the reft of mankind, could not efcape the cenfure of the more judicious, nor elude the ridicule of men of wit and humour. The ftage, in particular, has ufed freedom with the profeffors of the falutary art; but it is evident, that moft of the fatire is levelled againh the parti¬ cular notions, or manners of individuals, and not againft the fcience itfelf. i Of the dignity of the profefiion I need fay little. I fuppole you are well fatisfied that you have chofen a reputable one. Whatever may have been the pride or ca¬ prices of a few countries, it has gene¬ rally been looked upon, and with good reafon, as one of the moft liberal. To excel in it requires a greater compafs of learning than is neceftary in any other. A knowledge of mathematicks, at leaft of the elementary parts of them, of na- B 3 tural