Authentic memoirs of the life of Richard Mead, M.D.

  • Matthew Maty
Date:
1755
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Authentic memoirs of the life of Richard Mead, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE, WHEN Dr. Mead died, full of. years and honours, the Au¬ thor of the Britannic yournal took the firffc opportunity to {peak of him in fuch terms as were due to his merit; induced to it both by refpedt to his me¬ mory, and by the nature of the work wherein he was engaged, which would ill anfwer the title of a Britannic y<nir- naly if no mention had been made in it, of a man who was one of the or¬ naments of this Nation. The defign of that Journal hath been, to do juf- tice to Englifh writers, who make fo confiderable a figure in the Republic of letters; to affift in fpreading their reputation abroad ; and to give a fair account of their works without cenfo- riouinefs or adulation, two ingredi- 4 Gilts