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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    ledge of the history and the language of Greece and of Rome, (those hot-beds of all si cceeding excellence,) acquire that spirit of geometrical analysis, which can only be learnt by a diligent attention to the writings of the ancient geometers, to the purest of the scien- ces, and to the principles of universal gram- mar. He should extend his views to the varied exemplifications of Truth, to the science of Reason, to Natural and to Moral Philoso- phy, including, in the latter, not that despi- cable trash which unnerves the understandings of men, and blights the chaste admonitions of intellect, but that dignified, comprehensive system, which considers man, in regard to his intellectual and active powers, as well as the member of a political body. In the execution of these important tasks, however, we must not force our minds, like as the gar- dener does the hot-house plants committed to his care; our active and speculative powers should go hand in hand, so that by a union of theoretical knowledge and practical skill in the same individual, the character of man may then appear in itS'highest perfection. Many,