General observations on the theory and practice of medicine; being an attempt to apply the spirit of Lord Bacon's philosophy, to subjects of medical reasoning / [Joseph William Gullifer].

  • Gullifer, Joseph William, -1827.
Date:
1817
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Credit: General observations on the theory and practice of medicine; being an attempt to apply the spirit of Lord Bacon's philosophy, to subjects of medical reasoning / [Joseph William Gullifer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a superstructure, which shall attest the efforts of combined and persevering skill. Much yet, however, remains to be done, much yet to be swept away, before these undertakings, so hap- pily begun, can be brought to a successful issue. How far this system of arrondissement must be carried, a mind well tempered with discretion is the best tutor to decide. The grqat advantages of printing are, that the acquirements of one generation are secu- red to the succeeding, and of these acquire- ments it becomes us to profit; but in judging concerning the principles of medicine, the maxims of common understanding are the en- gines that we ought to employ. Splendid as some of the monuments of human genius un- doubtedly are, and justly entitled to the applause of the good and the great; yet, I believe, we shall discover, in the course of our enquiries, that medicine is more likely to be benefited by the humble efforts of observation and experi- ment, assisted by the solid principles of reason, than by the most brilliant attempts of human ingenuity. These arguments, to some, may appear specious, to others, sophisticated; in