Experiments and observations on the danger of copper and bell-metal in pharmaceutical and chemical preparations / by William Blizard.

  • Blizard, William, Sir, 1743-1835.
Date:
1786
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Credit: Experiments and observations on the danger of copper and bell-metal in pharmaceutical and chemical preparations / by William Blizard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    PREFACE. ^Ij^HETHER mankind be obedient to the di£lates of NATURE only, or whether they pay deference to the divine precepts of Christianity, they will ftill learn that the great duty of man is, to do all the good he can to his fellow-creatures. Nor are there many without fome fenfe of this duty; without feeling fome degree of impulfe to be ufeful. But various caufes operate againft the exercife of beneficence. Religion appears In all its beauty as pro- viding againft thefe caufes : among the moft prevalent of which ftands Pride. — Who, of the learned and the great, would choofe a bell-metal mortar for his theme ? Yet the value of every work fhould be eftimated by its ufefulnefs to mankind ; and utility will ever refledl dignity on any fubjedt. A 2 The