On a new membrane in the eye : being the substance of a lecture delivered at Oxford; before the late meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science / by George Hunsley Fielding.

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1832
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Credit: On a new membrane in the eye : being the substance of a lecture delivered at Oxford; before the late meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science / by George Hunsley Fielding. 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. In presenting this Essay to the Public, the Author must beg to observe, that (with the exception of a few notes) he has deemed it advisable to preserve it as nearly as possible in the state in which it was delivered to the Meeting of the British Association. It may probably, therefore, appear somewhat brief, as the limited time which was allotted to the reading of each Paper (a circumstance arising from the numbers presented) rendered condensation imperative, and must now aiford the best and only apology. The sole object of the Author is to elicit Truth ;—he has been led away by no favorite theories—has given way to no imaginative speculations—but has only advanced the results of the most careful and diligent observation and the most rigid experiment; and he thereTore hopes for that indulgence and that liberality which a British Public is ever ready to bestow. Kingston Square, Hull, August \Oth, 1832.