Address to the inhabitants of Dover and vicinty : to those of the state of New Hampshire at large, and to the people of the United States generally, containing a succint history and comparison of the Thomasonian and mineral systems of medicine ... Together with a defence of Thomasonianism, in a controversial form ... / By Andrew Watkins, botanic physician.

  • Watkins, Andrew.
Date:
1835
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Credit: Address to the inhabitants of Dover and vicinty : to those of the state of New Hampshire at large, and to the people of the United States generally, containing a succint history and comparison of the Thomasonian and mineral systems of medicine ... Together with a defence of Thomasonianism, in a controversial form ... / By Andrew Watkins, botanic physician. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE INHABITANTS OF DOVER, Ac, Fellow Citizens, Having in the course of my practice on the Vegetable Principle in Medicine, at my Infirmary in Harvard street, Boston, Massachusetts, effected many cures of stubborn complaints and of long standing, on persons in various parts of the country, a number of respectable individuals of Dover, convinced of the healing virtues of the Thomso- nian System, urged me strongly to visit your place and plant its standard within its boundaries. After mature deliberation, in company with the venerable author of the System, Dr. Samuel Thomson, we recently came to your town for the purpose of making inquiries in relation to the: practicability and expediency of establishing an Infirmary here. We were welcomed on our arrival by a considera¬ ble portion of you with marked courtesy and with evident wishes that the great objects of our journey might foe satisfactorily accomplished. Those gentlemen who re¬ ceived us, having heard some explanations of the Thom- sonian principle of medical practice, resolved that in case: I located myself here, to use their efforts to sustain and spread the system to the extent of their power. I will not disguise that these indications of personal friendship, together with the expression of a desire on your part, t© promote a cause which every philanthropist should have at heart, were flattering to my feelings. Leaving therefore the metropolis of Massachusetts and its interesting association, a flourishing establishment daily filled with patients, a lucrative and thriving busi¬ ness, and at the sacrifice of other [interests not here necessary to mention, in the hope of extending my use¬ fulness more than for pecuniary emolument, I come at your call to settle among you. And in thus assuming