A course of fifteen lectures on medical botany, denominated Thomson's new theory of medical practice : in which the various theories that have preceded it are reviewed and compared : delivered in Cincinnati, Ohio / by Samuel Robinson ; with introductory remarks by the proprietor.

  • Robinson, Samuel.
Date:
1830
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Credit: A course of fifteen lectures on medical botany, denominated Thomson's new theory of medical practice : in which the various theories that have preceded it are reviewed and compared : delivered in Cincinnati, Ohio / by Samuel Robinson ; with introductory remarks by the proprietor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    But whether diseases shall be banished from the globe, in that glorious period of the Millenium ; or the grand catholicon be discovered, to remove them, the data do not determine. But this we know, the earth shall have health and peace; and Dr. Rush's hope will be fulfilled, even beyond the limits of his most sanguine expectations ;_ for the child shall die an hundred years old. It is the purpose of this course of Lectures, to Jay before the people, a succinct account of Thomson's system of Medicine, that they may judge from the mode and the results of this new practice, of its fair and honest claims to the public confidence and ad- miration. There is no design to gild over errors, nor to mislead the minds of the unwary. We shall submit it, simply, in its own merits, to the grand cri- terion of all new discoveries, the understanding and reason of man. Whatever is true and valuable, let it be retained; but if there be any thing false or pernicious, let it be given to the winds ; or discard- ed to that oblivion, where all have perished that could not brook the light! And in thus submitting the Neiv Guide to Health, to the public scrutiny of their fellow-citizens, the friends and followers of Dr. Thomson, have pursu- ed the path marked out to them by many of the greatest men of antiquity; who often turned aside from the forms and dogmas of the schools, or sub- mitted their cause to the tribunal of public opinion. And they were never deceived: For God has lodg- ed the fund of common sense in the mass of the as- sembled multitude. These assemblies were dear to every land of liberty; and it was on the appeal to that assembly, and its decisions, that the ancients established the maxim, so often in their mouth, Vox populi, vox Dei. The voice of the people is the voice of God.