Memoir on the surgical diseases of the poor, addressed to the surgeons, clergy, and heritors, in the remote parts of the country.

  • Bell, John, 1763-1820.
Date:
1808
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Memoir on the surgical diseases of the poor, addressed to the surgeons, clergy, and heritors, in the remote parts of the country. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    and experience have given me fome authority : until my firft volume of Confultations was laid before my profeflion and the public, as a proof how capable I am of per- feverance in thefe arduous duties, and of the zealous manner in which I have ever fulfilled them : until my proffered affiftance became an a£t of real unequivocal charity towards the poor. I now moft willingly take a ftep which I can never retradl, and bind myfelf, when time is becoming more precious and gainful, to talks which muft entail upon me many irkfome moments, and involve me deep in fcenes of diftrefs: but I am confident that by my prcfeffional help I fhall be able to do much for the relief of many a poor man, at this moment* perhaps, afraid to enter into an hofpital, and doubtful where or how to apply for help, a little above poverty, and yet unable to give fees proportioned to the danger of his condition. Having once conceived this defign, and felt all its importance to my immediate pupils, to the public, to my own improvement, and to the fcience which by my writings I profefs to teach, as well as pra&ice, I fhould forever condemn myfelf, were I to fear any degree of anxiety or toil in fo worthy an occupation? }VAilVERl’.!'i (lIB-lAty •: j Strahan and Prefton, Piinters-Street, London.