On diseases of the generative system : containing the practical treatise on the internal use of cantharides in gleet, seminal emission, leucorrhaea, etc. / by John Roberton.

  • Roberton, John, 1776-1820 or 1821.
Date:
1812
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Credit: On diseases of the generative system : containing the practical treatise on the internal use of cantharides in gleet, seminal emission, leucorrhaea, etc. / by John Roberton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    TO \ DR. BAILLIE. Dear Sir, When 1 first proposed to dedicate this hook to t/ou, it did not occur to me that JV/r. Home, xuhose opinions arefreelij discussed in the course of it, is your relative. But, when you permitted me to ad- dress it to you, you evinced your conviction, that, in such discussions, personal or private motives have not influenced my conduct. It is not, indeed, the person- al or private, hut the piihlishcd opinions alone, of authors, that I have examined. 1 know also that I am, in common with others, liable to similar treatment; and I am sure L shall feel no other emotion, in having my own errors pointed out, than that which excite to the correction of them on the first opportunity. From Mr. Home’s doctrines indeed being so close- ly allied to the subject of the present publication, an examinution of his opinions was absolutely necessary to my plan. But I do assure you, that, although I have spoken of them with perhaps some severity, I feel the highest respect for -the industry and scientific re- searches of that gentleman. His labours in Compa- rative Anatomy will at all times deservedly place him high in public estimation.