An inaugural thesis on the relation between the sanguiferous and nervous systems : submitted to the examination of the Rev. Horace Holley, A.M. ; A.A.S. President, the trustees and medical professors of Transylvania University, on the 12th day of March, 1822 ; for the degree of doctor of medicine.

  • Miller, Henry, 1800-1874.
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1822
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Credit: An inaugural thesis on the relation between the sanguiferous and nervous systems : submitted to the examination of the Rev. Horace Holley, A.M. ; A.A.S. President, the trustees and medical professors of Transylvania University, on the 12th day of March, 1822 ; for the degree of doctor of medicine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    *'But anxious cares already eiz'd the queen: She led witiim her vwna a flame uuoeen. But the doctrine of the vitality of the blood does not depend for its establishment upon the authority oinames. It has been submitted to the ordeal of experiment and stood the test with admirable fortitude; with a fortitude which could be inspired, only by the durability of truth. When assertion is diametically opposed to assertion, and passion usurps the place of reason, this is the only umpire, to which the decision should be referred. In the language of a favourite author, howe-er probable an opinion may appear, which will not admit of demon- stration by rigorous experiment, no importance should be attached to it, by judicious minds. Old Sir Robert Bramble,in the Poor Gentleman, gives it as his opiiion, that a man who will not listen to argument, should have his brains blown out; we should not be disposed to inflict a less severe punishment on a man, who will not attend to the voice of experiment. Mr. John Hunter, one of the greatest physiologists the world has ever produced, was the first who subjected the blood to experiment, for the purpose of ascertaining the validity of its claims to vitality. The experiments of this patient and laborious physiologist, though appropri- ate and extremely well devised, were not sufficiently ex- tensive and diversified. So that a chasm still remained. This has been more than closed by the ingenious reason- ing, unanswerable, arguments and interesting experi- ments of Prof. Caldwell. For full satisfaction on this subject we must refer to Mr. Hunter's Treatise on the Blood,Inflammation and gun-shot wounds and to the lec- tures of Prof. Caldwell published in a collection of The-