Pharmacologia; comprehending the art of prescribing upon fixed and scientific principles; together with the history of medicinal substances / By J.A. Paris, with notes and additions.

  • John Ayrton Paris
Date:
1828
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Credit: Pharmacologia; comprehending the art of prescribing upon fixed and scientific principles; together with the history of medicinal substances / By J.A. Paris, with notes and additions. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO WILLIAM GEORGE MATON, m.d. f.r.s. FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE LINN^AN SOCIETY, &c. &c. &c. My DEAR Sir, There is not an individual inthe whole circle of the prqfes- sion^ to whom I could with greater satisfaction^ or zoith so much pro¬ priety, dedicate this work, as to yourself Ardent and zealous in the advancement of our science,you must deep¬ ly deplore the prejudices that retard its progress ;—eminently enlight¬ ened in Natural History^ you can justly appreciate the importance of its applications to Medicine ; while your well known earnestness in up¬ holding the dignity, and in encouraging the legitimate exercise of our profession, marks you as the most proper patron of a work, the aim of which is to extinguish the false lights of empiricism, and to substi¬ tute a steady beacon on the solid and permanent basis of truth and sci¬ ence : at the same time, the extensive practice which your talents and urbanity so justly command in this metropolis, must long since have taught you the full extent of that empiricism which it has been my en¬ deavour to expose, and the practical mischief of that ignorance which it has been my object to enlighten. Nor let me omit to mention the claims of that friendship which has for many years subsisted between us ; be assured that I am gratefully sensible of those personal obligations which so fully justify this pub-
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