A narrative of the life and medical discoveries of Samuel Thomson : containing an account of his system of practice, and the manner of curing disease with vegetable medicine, upon a plan entirely new : to which is added an introduction to his New guide to health, or Botanic family physician : containing the principles upon which the system is founded, with remarks on fevers, steaming, poison, &c.

  • Thomson, Samuel, 1769-1843.
Date:
1827
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Credit: A narrative of the life and medical discoveries of Samuel Thomson : containing an account of his system of practice, and the manner of curing disease with vegetable medicine, upon a plan entirely new : to which is added an introduction to his New guide to health, or Botanic family physician : containing the principles upon which the system is founded, with remarks on fevers, steaming, poison, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    or viie &c OF SAMUEL THOMSON. THERE is nothing, perhaps, more unpleasant than to write , for in doing it we are obliged to pass over again, as ii .yen . which wemight wish (o have forgotten, and ny p/rliculars, whicl they may seem very importan to i mid ho very uninteresting to the reader, o at'eniipt to write a histoiy of lid ii be in my power to do it if I hud such v. en the greater part of my life engaged in one of the most important pursuits, and which is of more com family, than any other that could be i i that of alleviating human misery by c • by the most simple, safe and cer- tain method of practice, 1 think the public will be interested to' know something of me, and thecauseof my having taken upon myself so import int a (•ailing, without being regularly educated to the pr - nch is thought by the u orld to be indispensa- bly necessary; but I sh3ll take the liberty to disagree a little with them in this particular; for, although .earning may great advan! ige in acquiring lone will never mike i great man, where no natural By ffivin rt sketch of the enrly part of my existeti 11 fling those accidental durin .-, and which w ;ipally the c ise < f my engiging in the healing art. will enable the public to ju more correctly, whether I have taken that corns?, in fulfilling my duty in ilms life, which the God of : ovft forme. In doing this,*! shall endeavor to simple n; ' facts as I inly those particuiirs of my life, with such of the c ses that h com- • care, as will best convey to the reader the mos* Cons tem of pr;