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Excerpt from An Inaugural Dissertation on the Apoplexy Hen we take a retrofpeéii-ve View of the different fyi'tems of phyfic, which have made their appearance in different ages and coun tries; likéwife, the difcordant opinions refpecting the caufes and cure of difeafes we have juft rcafon to lament the contracted fiate of human know dge in general, and more particularly the ab/t'ruoe nature of the faience of medzcine. Becaufe, I am pretty clearly convinced in my own mind, that as much bdrm as well as good, has been com. Mitted by thofe who have undertaken to practice this art among mankind, on fuch principles and theories, as have been handed down to them at particular periods of time principles and theories which were evidently built on hypothetical con jectures. 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.