An essay, medical, philosophical, and chemical, on drunkenness, and its effects on the human body / by Thomas Trotter, M.D.

  • Trotter, Thomas, 1760-1832.
Date:
1813
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Credit: An essay, medical, philosophical, and chemical, on drunkenness, and its effects on the human body / by Thomas Trotter, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. WHEN I became a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in the University of Edinburgh, I was rather anxious that the subject of my Inaugural Dissertation should be some- thing that had never been noticed by any former graduate. This was a difficult point; for scarce- ly any thing remained that had not been pre- viously discussed. After much consideration, however, several objects of inquiry presented themselves, and I fixed upon Ebriety. But some doubts arose in my mind whether such a thesis was proper matter for an academic exercise ; and as soon as I was enabled to put it into a regular form it was submitted to the judgment of the late worthy Dr. Charles Webster. The doctor was delighted with the performance, and gave it as his opinion that it would be highly acceptable to the professors. When my private examina- tions were finished, it became the task of Dr. A 2