Observations on the utility and administration of purgative medicines in several diseases / [James Hamilton].

  • Hamilton, James, 1749-1835.
Date:
1805
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Credit: Observations on the utility and administration of purgative medicines in several diseases / [James Hamilton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In the courfe of the following. obfervations, when I call in queftion the opinions of refpec- table authors, I truft I fhall fpeak with that deference and caution, whichI feel to be due to them ; being well aware how apt we are to take erroneous views in difcuffions that are purely theoretical—And when I propofe thofe changes in practice, which experience has taught me to be ufeful, I will do fo with a confidence proportionate to that experience upon which my opinions are founded. Neverthelefs, I beg it to be. underitood, that I refpectfully fubmit ' the changes which I fuggeft, to the confidera- tion of my profeflional Brethren; and requeft, : that, after a full trial, they will give a candid decifion on their merits; for the judgment of the public is the teft, by which, I am fenfible, they muft ultimately be confirmed or rejected. The importance of the fundtions of the fto- mach and inteftines is well known, and uni- verfally admitted. By means of thefe functions our food is digefted and aflimulated, and is carried, under the form of a nutritious fluid, into — the fyftem. Befides, the power of fympathy by AQ connects