Elements of therapeutics / [Andrew Duncan].

  • Duncan, Andrew, 1744-1828.
Date:
1770
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Credit: Elements of therapeutics / [Andrew Duncan]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Although it may feem extraordinary to affirm, that a general methodic arrange¬ ment on this ftibjefr, if in a ftate of imperfec¬ tion, would only miflead in the idea it gives of the operation of medicines 5 yet, from nearer infpection, it will appear not without foundation. General fylleniatic arrangement fuppofes, that the fuhjecl, to be treated of, is Compleatly comprehended under a few {£* parate and diftinft heads. Thefe, again, are branched out by fub iivifions till they arrive at individuals, every inferior divifion being a proper confiituent part of the more general head to which it belongs; but retaining, at the fame time, the condition of reparation and diftin&nefs from every divifion on a level with it, and from every fuperior divifion from which it is not directly deduced. While fuch precifion can be obtained, the end propofed by methodic arrangement may be anfvvered* but, when the articles which fhould be thus fe para ted come to be blended and confufed, the whole purpofe of methodic arrangement is entirely fruftrated. What is here ailed* ged, with regard to methodic arrangement, mu ft obvioufly appear in the profecution and C application