The Practice of Medicine: According to the Principles of the Physiological Doctrine (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

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Perhaps the author will be charged with inconsistency, as having combated m other writings the doctrine of which he here avows himself the partizan. Such a re proach, however, would be totally destitute of foundation, since he has always subscribed to the fundamental princi ples of this doctrine, and never entertained any difference of sentiment, except upon certain points; but were the case otherwise, would it be creditable to cherish the pal try vanity, that withholds the avowal of a change of Opi nion, brought about by observation and more mature re flection? The system of immobility in the sciences, and especially in the medical sciences, is an absurdity, since the object of study is to enlarge the sphere of our know ledge, and to rectify erroneous Opinions. No kind of cre dit could redound from the obstinate defence of preju dices and errors known to be such. As for myself, while I express a high sense of gratitude to the founder of the physiological doctrine, for having carried the light of ana.

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