Glossology, or, The additional means of diagnosis of disease to be derived from indications and appearances of the tongue : read before the Senior Physical Society of Guy's Hospital, 4th November, 1843 / by Benjamin Ridge.

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1844
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    clue to me for the discovery, should it be one, and for the truth itself than the value of it. Being new, however, and somewhat in opposition to established doctrines, it has itsjvay to make. I only deprecate hasty opinions of its truth or falsehood. It is hard to resign a fixed prejudice; but it is harder still to retract an adverse judgment. A new doctrine, gradually introduced, has time for maturing, as step by step it comes on the attention; but a novelty launched all at once is a startling affair. That I shall have opponents of the scheme, I have experienced enough to know^—that I shall soon get dis- ciples I do not doubt, from the anatomical proofs I have brought forward of the feasibility of this discovery. I can- not, however, expect partisans to step out from the ranks of the veteran battalion of the profession, to array them- selves under my banner, particulai’ly if they have fought for and taught another faith. If the doctrine makes not immediate way in the world, I shall still have the satis- faction of drawing enough attention to it to insure its being considered, if it be of any value. Such an inquiry can do no harm, and it may effect some good. If the subject of this Paper meets with fair and candid consideration, I have a second founded on it, which I shall publish, and on some future occasion fill up the details of both. It is said—and to our shame it is said—that the art of medicine has not progressed in the same ratio as other arts and sciences of less vital value and importance. The
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