A letter from a physician in town to his friend in the country : concerning the disputes at present subsisting between the fellows and licentiates of the College of Physicians in London.

  • Daniel Cox
Date:
1753
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A letter from a physician in town to his friend in the country : concerning the disputes at present subsisting between the fellows and licentiates of the College of Physicians in London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LETTER / • ' F R O M A PHYSICIAN in TOWN TO HIS FRIEND in the COUNTRY. THOUGH in anfwering in private the letters of a friend, one may enter with lefs referve, into many circumftances and charaders, than can pru¬ dently be done, in the manner I have ta¬ ken ; yet, to flhun any temptation to treat either perfons, or bodies, in a way one would not like to be treated; or to relate circumftances in a manner, one would ra¬ ther wiih to be true than as they are; I have chofen to appear before the bar of the publick, hoping to keep in mind, that if I advance any thing difputable, it will be difputed ; or if I treat any charaders with harlhnefs or feverity, the compliment will be amply returned : So that for my own fake.