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]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![the glandular fyftern; and that the internal, incipient caulcs of difeafes are univerfally feated in the glands. It is proper, however, to obferve, whether the principles be admitted, and our conjectures allowed, or not; it does not follow, that our practical inferences, refpeCting difeafes, originally drawn from matters of faCt evident to the fenfes, are to be conlidered as altogether erroneous.—All that I alk, is, to be judged with candour ; and moll chearfully fubmit . to the determination of intelligent men. I am fully perfuaded, thofe gentlemen who did me the honour of attending my LeCtures, will not helitate to fay, that my opinions were delivered with diffidence ; it was my earned: delire to perfuade; but well knowing the fcanty limits of human underllanding, I believe no man can chal¬ lenge me with having advanced any one conjecture as a po- litive allertion : Yet, this I did lay, at the conclulion of my LeCtures— . ] “ As a duty incumbent on me, I have, in this public “ manner, communicated my thoughts to liberal and learned “ men ; that the world at large, however they may differ “ in opinion, might not charge me with having referved my “principles as secrets: But having entered into fo very cc wide a field, I am certain, you, gentlemen, would not “ with me too haltily to commit to the prefs, the prefent “ crude and imperfeCt ideas, on fubjeCts of fuch import¬ er ance.—If the principles on which our opinions arefounaed, “ can be fairly overturned, by arguments drawn fromexpe- “ riments—](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30791583_0001_0039.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
