New guide to health, or, Botanic family physician : containing a complete system of practice, upon a plan entirely new : with a description of the vegetables made use of, and directions for preparing and administering them to cure disease : to which is prefixed, A narrative of the life and medical discoveries of the author / by Samuel Thomson.

  • Thomson, Samuel, 1769-1843.
Date:
1825
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Credit: New guide to health, or, Botanic family physician : containing a complete system of practice, upon a plan entirely new : with a description of the vegetables made use of, and directions for preparing and administering them to cure disease : to which is prefixed, A narrative of the life and medical discoveries of the author / by Samuel Thomson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. WRITTEN BY A FRIEND. There is no subject in which the great family of man- kind have a deeper interest, than that of medicine ; to lessen the sum of human suffering by alleviating pain and removing those diseases that all are subject to, is a duty of the greatest importance of any undertaking that man can engage in. Health is the greatest blessing that can be enjoyed in this life ; and to be deprived of it takes away all our pleasures and comforts and makes every thing in this world appear a dreary waste. This will readily be admitted by every one; but in what manner disorder can best be removed or prevented, is a subject that has engaged the attention of many wise men, who have exis'ed in different ages, from the earli- est times to the present day, without, as we humbly conceive, very much benefiting mankind by their labors. Their enquiries it would seem have been directed to the investigation of visionary theories, of the form and cari- ous construction of the body and members', upon me- chanical principles ; to the neglect of what is of the greatest importance, a correct and useful practice by a direct application to the cause of disease. This is like pursuing a shadow and losing sight of the substance ; for there are certain causes and eflects in the works of crea- tion that are beyond the comprehension of man, and the general principles of animated nature are as correctly known by the whole human family as by the most wise and learned,