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Excerpt from A Review of the Improvements, Progress and State of Medicine in the Xviiith Century: Read on the First Day of the Xixth Century, Before the Medical Society of South-Carolina, in Pursuance of Their Vote, and Published at Their Request While the great and {hiking improvements made by our predecelfors, in the healing art, are pafl'mg in review be fore us, the advantages which have refulted from their la hours, cannot fail of enkindling in our breafis a holy am bitiou to imitate their glorious example, by perfefling what they have left Undone. I have only to regret that your choice has fallen on one, who has neither the leifure, the knowledge, nor the books necefl'ary to fulfil your in tentions. Were my t'alents equal to the important fubjeét, great would be your entertainment, while I difiinétly brought to your recollection the means and the men, who. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.