The general nature and treatment of tumours / by George Macilwain.

  • George Macilwain
Date:
1845
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The general nature and treatment of tumours / by George Macilwain. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    tronage of a few families,—and making the detur digniori really the only portal through which they are to be obtained,—no doubt Government could render the Public good service, and accelerate the progress of science. Still we must do our parts; and, regardless of authority or conventionalism, reject all erroneous or defective modes of enquiry. If we reason on a portion of the facts only, our conclusions must necessarily be false or con- jectural ; but if we collect the wliole of the facts before we begin to reason, or at all events omit none that are within our power; and if, moreover, we carefully observe the rules laid down by Lord Bacon, the excellence of which has already been verified in every other branch of science; we shall soon obtain a position which no legislature can give, and of which no corruption can deprive us. Our public usefulness will be alone the measure of our rank and value; and these will be in proportion to our success in rightly interpreting the laws of the animal oeconomy.
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