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Excerpt from First Lines of the Practice of Physic, Vol. 1 of 2: With Notes and Observations, Practical and Explanatory, and a Preliminary Discourse, in Defence of Classical Medicine How far we may have succeeded in our aim, it does not belong to us to determine. On this, as on all other points, the intelligent reader is honestly invited to judge for himself. We will be permitted, however, to oh serve, that, in our discussion of the subject, we have attempted nothing, on the influence of precedent, or by the weight of authority. Our s'ole reliance is on the ground of argument and legitimate analysis. Nor do we mean to arrogate any superiority to Ourselves, but to our cause, in saying, that, on that ground, we will en counter, with a confidence of success, any opposition that can be arrayed against us. In our very limited corrections Of his nosological ar rangement, we have endeavoured to tread lightly on the ashes of Dr. Cullen. His system abounds in error. We have presented a tabular! View Of it, for two reasons. It is, in the main, less exceptionable, than any other, now extant: and it is the system pursued in his First Lines Of Practice. We have noticed only a few of its most prominent faults, passing the minor ones without remark. 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.