Extracts from the spiritual diary of John Rutty, M.D / [John Rutty].

  • John Rutty
Date:
1840
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Credit: Extracts from the spiritual diary of John Rutty, M.D / [John Rutty]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    W &onimendation and praise to well-deserving authors of different denominations, whether Roman Ca- tholics, or Protestants of the establishment, or Dissenters, as is to be seen where he takes occasion to mention the writings of Thomas a Kempis,; Messrs. du Port Royal; Bishop Kenn, W. Law, Dr. Doddridge, and others; praising God for dif- fusing his light and grace through the several divi- ded churches: and, indeed, where true humility and Christian love have in any good degree taken possession of the heart, there things national and hotional, and merely circumstantial in religion, di- vide not in the affectionate part, but Christians of different names and classes have fellowship one with another in unity of spirit and the bond of peace. Ina word, if he seemed to be deficient in any point of charity, it was chiefly at home, as he found it no easy matter to bear with and forgive himself: Seicegea ty: re ; | As I am unacquainted hitherto with the author’s philosophical medical writings,* I must leave them to speak for themselves, observing only by the way; that from his diligent application to study from his youth up, and from his confessed abilities as a Physician, we may reasonably form good expecta- tions of their usefulness. He certainly had a strong * Dissertatio Inauguralis de Diarrhoea. 1729. An Account of some Experiinents on Stephen’s Medecines. 1742: A Methodical Synopsis of Mineral Waters. 1757. A Chronological History of the Weather and Seasons, aud of thé prevanins diseases in Dublin during the space of 40 yrs. 1770; An Essay towards the Natural History of the County of Dublin. 1772. Materia Medica Antiqjuaet Nova. 1777, Observations on the London and Edinburgh Dispénsatories: 1777; Concerning the Poison of Laurel Water.~—Phil. Trans., 1709. Of the Copper Springs lately discovered in Pensylvania.—ibid, 1706: Thoughts on Mineral Waters.—ibid, 1759. On the Vitriolic Waters of Angelsea.—ibid, 1760. On the various success of the Cicuta in Ireland. 1767,
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