An enquiry into the opinions, ancient and modern, concerning life and organization / by John Barclay, M.D.

  • Barclay, John, 1758-1826.
Date:
1822
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Credit: An enquiry into the opinions, ancient and modern, concerning life and organization / by John Barclay, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THOMAS THOMSON, M.D. PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH, S^c. (Sfc. MY DEAR SIR, Independently of our long intimacy and friendship, a motive of rather a different kind suggests the propriety of dedicating the following Inquiry to you. Since the days of Paracelsus, much has been ascribed to chemical affinities as the causes of organization and life. The arguments, indeed, in support of that hypothesis, are easily confuted; but as some trust to names more than to argu- ments, I have given your sentiments and those of Chaptal upon this subject, that the chemico-physi- ologist may ponder them in his mind, before he presume to trouble the world with any attempt to