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Outline of a natural system of medical science : $b Forming the preliminary lectures to two courses: one on anatomy and physiology; the other on pathology and the practice of medicineWalker, Alexander

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Outline of a natural system of medical science : $b Forming the preliminary lectures to two courses: one on anatomy and physiology; the other on pathology and the practice of medicine

Name: Outline of a natural system of medical science : $b Forming the preliminary lectures to two courses: one on anatomy and physiology; the other on pathology and the practice of medicine
Author: Walker, Alexander

Walker, Alexander

Anatomy; Medicine; Pathology; Physiology

OUTLINE OF A NATURAL SYSTEM OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.




                                  OUTLINE
                                   OF A
                              NATURAL SYSTEM
                                    OF
                             MEDICAL SCIENCE.

                  FORMING THE PRELIMINARY LECTURES TO TWO
                  COURSES: ONE ON ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY;
                      THE OTHER ON PATHOLOGY AND THE
                           PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.

                         BY ALEXANDER WALKER, ESQ.
                       LECTURER ON PHYSIOLOGY, ETC.
               EDITOR OF THE ARCHIVES OF UNIVERSAL SCIENCE,
                                  &c. &c.

    _By pronouncing diseases incurable, physicians have attempted
    to enact a law of neglect, and to exempt ignorance from
    discredit_.

                                                         LORD BACON.

                                EDINBURGH:
                     PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
              FOR SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS, NO. 6, BRIDGE-STREET,
                         BLACKFRIARS, LONDON, AND
                 MESSRS T. BRYCE AND CO. INFIRMARY-STREET,
                                EDINBURGH.
                                   1808.




TO

ALEXANDER MONRO, ESQ. SENIOR,

_M. D. Professor of Medicine, Anatomy and Surgery, in the University of
Edinburgh, &c._


This Outline of a Natural System of Medical Science is most respectfully
dedicated by one who is grateful for the benefits he has conferred upon
Anatomy and Physiology, and who is desirous of following his footsteps in
the cultivation of these Sciences.

                                                         ALEXANDER WALKER.

    _2, North College Street,
        27th October 1808._




ADVERTISEMENT.


_In this small Work, the Author has delivered a very brief Outline of
a Natural Systematic Arrangement and Theory of Anatomy, Physiology,
Pathology and of the Materia Medica, as strictly dependent on each other._

_Of this system the tendency is, not to controvert one established fact
of Medical Science, but by pointing out their relations, to simplify, to
consolidate and if possible to increase the amount of our knowledge in
all the departments of Medicine._

_As a work of this kind is a fair object of criticism; to the philosophic
and liberal reviewer I have only to say, that I shall most willingly
submit to his decision. Error is almost inseparable from propositions of
any extent or magnitude, and I have doubtless committed many. But to the
reviewers for the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, and those of a
London Review under their influence, as they constitute a party somewhat
in opposition to my views, I have to observe, that, should they act
unjustly, as I know them not individually, I must hold their editor, whom
I do know, responsible for their conduct, and I consequently shall do so._

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