Misconceptions regarding arterial elasticity / by G.A. Gibson.

  • Gibson, George Alexander, 1854-1913.
Date:
[1896]
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Credit: Misconceptions regarding arterial elasticity / by G.A. Gibson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    study of mechanics and mathematics ” It is indeed difficult to reconcile this autobiographical statement with the results specially referred to. In the preceding criticism there has been no intention on my part to scoff at the unfortunate blunders which have been criticised. “ A smile for a friend and a sneer for the world ”—the motto assumed for the youthful hero of romance by a gifted author13—may be a useful rule in the field of politics, but it has no place in science, for in all our discussions and controversies our sole aim is to arrive at the truth. Edinburgh. 13 Lord Beaconsfield: Vivian Grey, Book ii., Chap. iii. PRINTED AT THE LANCET OFFICE. 423, STRAND, W.C.