Volume 1

An enlarged syllabus of philosophical lectures, / delivered by Hugh Smith, ... With the principles on which his conjectures are founded concerning animal life, and the laws of the animal oeconomy. These principles are applied not only to the general doctrine of the glands, but likewise to some new thoughts on the nervous system, the gout, and paralytic complaints.

  • Hugh Smith
Date:
MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]
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Credit: An enlarged syllabus of philosophical lectures, / delivered by Hugh Smith, ... With the principles on which his conjectures are founded concerning animal life, and the laws of the animal oeconomy. These principles are applied not only to the general doctrine of the glands, but likewise to some new thoughts on the nervous system, the gout, and paralytic complaints. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    t >7 ] reafoning, farther confirm tins doctrine of Nutrition beinrc univerfally carried on by the glandular fyftera. Seventh Lecture—On Difeafes.—Here we mean to prove, agreeable to the principles before-mentioned, from practical experience, that the primary errors in animal bodies, which may juftly be ftyled. the internal, incipient, caufes of difeafes, are, univerfally, feated in the glandular lyftem.—This, if well fupported, mu ft neceffarily eftablifh our doctrine concerning Nutrition beyond the poftibility of doubt.—It muft likewife be produdive of new theories in many cafes; and alter the prefent mode of practice, with regard to the curative intentions, in various difeafes. Eighth Lecture — How a Phyfician differs from a Quack.—Having in the former Ledure eftablifhed fixed principles, as a folid foundation for a liberal and rational practice of Phytic, the prefent philofophic inquiry feems properly to take place. '* Ninth Lecture—Will fet forth the fuperiority of a ra¬ tional Practice of Phyfic over empiricifm and quackery. * Tenth Lecture—Acute and Chronic Difeafes diftin- guifhed.—In this Ledure we fhall take the liberty of drawing the line of diftindion, in fome meafure different from that already given by medical writers; but perhaps necefiary to eftablifh the Pradice of Phyfic, on liberal and rational principles—which regularly leads to— E Eleventh
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