The American practice condensed, or The family physician : being the scientific system of medicine ... . rness to the author, and the world is little solicitous toknow whence proceeded the faults of that which it condemns; yet it may gratify curio-sity to inform it, that this work was written with little assistance of the learned, andwithout any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, nor underthe shelter of academic bowers, but amid inconvenience and distraction. Friends may flatter, and enemies may defame, but the public at large will do justice,hecause they are fa
The American practice condensed, or The family physician : being the scientific system of medicine ... . rness to the author, and the world is little solicitous toknow whence proceeded the faults of that which it condemns; yet it may gratify curio-sity to inform it, that this work was written with little assistance of the learned, andwithout any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, nor underthe shelter of academic bowers, but amid inconvenience and distraction. Friends may flatter, and enemies may defame, but the public at large will do justice,hecause they are far removed from the sphere of personal feeling. It is to this tribunal Iappeal for a decision of the merits or demerits of this work. I may add, that the style of the work, so far as practical, has been rendered simple,and fne words and phrases selected with special reference to the ordinate languageot persons not accustomed to medical terms. of the French and Kr:iz Simile of both sides of Gold Medals awaided Dr. W. Beach, by the K of England in honor of his great work The American PaAcncs of Medicii.
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