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Excerpt from An Inaugural Thesis on Jaundice: Containing Observations on the Liver, and Some of Its Diseases; Submitted to the Examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S. T. P. Provost, the Trustees and Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania; On the 6th Day of June, 1799 In thus deviating, from a long eftablifhed cul'tom, I do not intend to deny my obliga tions to authors who have treated on the fubjeél about to be confidered - The fails upon which many of the following obfervations are founded, are contained in the writings of Morgagni, Bonetus, Schenkius, Monroe, Boerhaave and Hoff man - I am not fenfible of having taken any thing for granted, which experiment and the common Obfervations of mankind have not amply illultrated - Without prepoll'ellion in favour of any parti calar opinion, and With a predilection to the autho rity of none, I have read attentively the works of thofe, who have written profefiedly on my fubjeét. 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.