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Medical extracts: on the nature of health, with practical observations: and the laws of the nervous and fibrous systems / By a friend to improvements [R.J. Thornton].

  • Robert John Thornton
Date:
1796-1797
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Credit: Medical extracts: on the nature of health, with practical observations: and the laws of the nervous and fibrous systems / By a friend to improvements [R.J. Thornton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the foremoft among the modern improvers of medicine, the way to a prolongation of life and health, comparatively fpeaking, is made eafy:— and if the execution of this work has at all cor- refponded with the intention of the author, per- fons of both fexes, who have the power of fixing their minds for a few hours, and feel themfelves interefted in the important enquiry, will foon be initiated into the new difcoveries of chemiftry, and the new theory and praftice of phyfic, there- by introduced. The labours of many enlightened phyficlans are here prefented in one body, and by notes, and fome alterations in the text, and a methodical arrangement, it is hoped, they are rendered in- telligible even to fuch as have not been ac- cuftomed to fludies of this kind. As a juft tri- but of refpedt and efteem, I have the honour to fubfcrlbe myfelfj Sir, Yours, &c. See,
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