An essay on the preservation of the health of persons employed in agriculture : and on the cure of the diseases incident to that way of life.

  • Falconer, William, 1744-1824.
Date:
[1789?]
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Credit: An essay on the preservation of the health of persons employed in agriculture : and on the cure of the diseases incident to that way of life. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    [ viii ] ventured, to direct myfelfto thoje from whom information of this kind would be likely to come with the greatefl authority, on account of their immediate connexion and influence. The Reverend Clergy willy I trufl} excufe my offering a hint to them on this occafion. They are almoji univer- fally perfons of liberal education, and more general know- ledge, than falls to the lot of mofl of their neighbours. Would it not be an agreeable as well as an ufeful method i of employing thefe advantages, to turn their thoughts towards the practical part of Medicine ? The Natural Hiftory of the Human Body affords a more ufeful fubjecl of invefligation, than is done by flones,fpiderSy or fhells; and tho' medicine, taken at large, is an arduous and deep ft tidy, yet it is practicable enough to gain fufficient know- ledge of it to be of great fervice in many cafes, efpecially filch as occur mofl frequently among perfons of the de- fer iption here alluded to. The diforders incident to fuch are in general fimple in their nature, and feldom exhibit at the fame time fuch apparently contrary, and of courfe perplexing indications, as thofe which are the offspring of luxury and refinement. All the diforders indeed that occur among fuch perfons are not equally fimple; but good fenfe and moderate infor- mation will fuggeft the propriety of afking, in fuch cafes, the advice of perfons whofe profeffional education and at- tention have led them to a deeper knowledge of the fubjcCl• Advantages