A treatise on the botanic theory and practice of medicine : compiled from various sources, with revisions and additions : to which is added a glossary / by A.N. Worthy.

  • Worthy, A. N. (Alfred N.)
Date:
1842
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Credit: A treatise on the botanic theory and practice of medicine : compiled from various sources, with revisions and additions : to which is added a glossary / by A.N. Worthy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    PRILI mi\ vr:r OB! movement. Sensibility and contractili ||1' tin bodies in nature be ide l'' (' dich they are placed in or irritation, and these bodies are stimulants. and the laws of life and motion, the radical pnn- ,,„.„„!. Without some adequat< news ahd con >f these, the nature of disease cannol be correctly und< • we have knowledge to prescribe b rational, sale. in remedy fqr thei removal of disease when found in th( human sy* Xhri ubjects have revolved in my mind, before I could form whal ! considered a correal opinion. I witnessed many dis i the family of man, my heart was pierced with the many sorrows, until mj mind tablished in those aim truth e foundation of my practice, thai has been bo irs. The animal bod> ichi modified, endow* d writh such tal principle, or whal you pli thai fying and Lightening air, stimulating and expanding the lungs, put the machinery in motion, and pumps the tide of life through all ii This combination 01 circumstances constitutes the living state of the living animal ; for where these circumstances do nut exist, there IS no animal lilt the animal form is (lead. Iliai does nol act alone and independenl ofits fraternal elements, but in harmony and accordance with the whole family. But, without their elder brother,there is no lilt • in the material unh erse. Tin elem would resi in < I ii me of this gen erative principle of life and motion. Abstract the element of fire from all the other elements; stilli rmd silence would In- universal—the hid of all that breathes ai would be swallowed up in the still ternaldeath. Earth and sea would he and remain a solid unmoving an,I immovable mass—the Huid air would be consolidated to the Hint) hardness of the diamond <>n its native rock—creation would I il .—Dr. S. Thomson. In the profession I' medicine, as well as in that of theology, many controvi rsies I i continued, merely from a.misunder- standing of terms and an of opposite doctrines, or controverted points. •' di cussion, whether life ho do- pending 11 izatipn, or organization be depending upon life. The ques n ably discussed on both sides, each party claiming men of distinguished abilities and profound erudition; and each party in rum claiming the victory. Bui if we follow the arguments on both sides, wc shall be convinced that neither party is able to establish its position; we cover th organization abstractly considered, has no power ofprodu nor can life exist independent of organization. The simple and undeniable fact then that they are mutually lly dependent upon each other. Life ily in the structure or hotly ofits own forming; so n ma\ be that life and organizatit uj i of each other, and are