A letter humbly inscribed to the Reverend Dr. Desaguliers, L. L. D. Chaplain to his Grace The Duke of Chandos, and Fellow of the Royal Society. : Recommended to the perusal of the inhabitants in the city and diocess of Bristol. / By John Taylor.

  • Taylor, John, 1703-1772.
Date:
MDCCXXIX
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Credit: A letter humbly inscribed to the Reverend Dr. Desaguliers, L. L. D. Chaplain to his Grace The Duke of Chandos, and Fellow of the Royal Society. : Recommended to the perusal of the inhabitants in the city and diocess of Bristol. / By John Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    '*• t .* C 4 ] nious Suggeftions, which in ail probability m'uffli detrad^ froip that Charader I endeavour to Efta-^ bliHi. In order to efFed: which, it appears neceflary to puWilh iny Sentiments of the Caufes, that gave Origin^fb this received Opinion ^ which if impar¬ tially cbnfiderM, I flatter my Iblf, will be of fuf- ficient Force to fecure me from thofe Confeqiien- ces that'mull othcrwifc naturally be the Event of j them.^ From thefe Confiderations, Sir, I thought it in¬ cumbent nn me to obferve, that the Motive whichp induced them, were my being convinced of the:^ variety of Difeafes, that daily prefent in that publick manner of Pradice, more particularly, thofe of Blindnefs : And having (confequcnt on the general Approbation of a Diflertation of the E YE^ I publifli’d about Two Years fince) deter-^- min’d to republifli that Treatife with Additions,, together with fome Branches of Surgery, that B had wrote in order to publifh: But being confci- qus of my own Inability in fupporting fome Par¬ ticulars of them from Pradice^ and wanting to; poffefs an immediate Opportunity, I knew of no: Method fo efFedual as by being prefent a few Months with a Gentleman who followed that Me¬ thod of publick Pradice, to remark fuch Cafes as preTented under his Care. The Succefs of which, added to the various Opportunities 1 before polTefs’d in general Pradice„ with the Affiflance of a regular Education, has encourag’d me t’o write pradical Difeourfe s orhe following Subjed?^ which in a fliort thn? wHl bp: readyi