A dissertation on the influence of the passions upon disorders of the body / by William Falconer ... ; being the essay to which the Fothergillian Medal was adjudged.

  • Falconer, William, 1744-1824.
Date:
1796
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Credit: A dissertation on the influence of the passions upon disorders of the body / by William Falconer ... ; being the essay to which the Fothergillian Medal was adjudged. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    the mind, as your feelings will na doubt teftify with me, is peculiarly open to tender imprcffions, and ef- pecially to the noblefi: of them all, thofe of gratitude. At this time Dr. Fothergill, with the moll ami- able condefcenfion, offered me his ^' friendlhip and correfpondence; ad- vantages which I embraced with *S joy, and which continued until the death of that excellent man, and I can with ftri£l truth declare, that many of the beft pieces of praftical information I have received, were derived from that fource. To fee his memory graced by an inftitution fo noble and fo munificent as the prefent, and fo happily calculated to excite thofe qualities he himfelf when living moft defired to encou- rage, muft awaken in me, every '' tender fenfation: may this com- B 2 a memo-