A letter to Henry Cline, on imperfect developments of the faculties, mental and moral, as well as constitutional and organic, and on the treatment of impediments of speech.
- John Thelwall
- Date:
- 1810
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A letter to Henry Cline, on imperfect developments of the faculties, mental and moral, as well as constitutional and organic, and on the treatment of impediments of speech. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![facts, from scientific and professional men, were more numerous, than could have been expected from a setiled residence in London:—for, in pro- vincial towns, gentlemen, of this description, have occasional leisure, to talk over any subject, that excites a passing, or a permanent interest ; and to such the topic of my Lectures was, every where, ac- ceptable. I had myself, also, a degree of leisure, during these excursions, for that reflection and en- quiry which the novelty and the difficulty of my subject required; but which was neither to be hoped nor wished, when my ultimate establishment should once be made :—for here, the professional] man (if he be successful) is, for nine or ten months in the year, a horse in a mill; going one incessant round of practical exertion, till mere exhaustion compels him to repose. Among those, to whom, during these excursions, my Science was particularly indebted, I ought, per-_ haps, to mention a respectable physician (alike distinguished for the attainments of science, and for the amiable qualities of the heart) who is now in considerable practice in the metropolis, but was then professor at Anderton’s Institution, is Glas- gow:—a gentleman, whose friendship sustained](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33089449_0041.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
