An inquiry into the nature and properties of the blood, in health and disease / [C. Turner Thackrah].

  • Charles Thackrah
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1834
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    author intended to extract. I have been anxious not to leave this edition defective in these important particulars; and, by diligent reading and search, I hope I have succeeded to an extent that will be found satisfactory.* Unfortunately the author had not left any ac- curate memoranda as to the division of the chapters, but on this point, as in every other arrangement of the volume, I have adhered as closely as possible to his intentions, so far as I was able to obtain a clue to them. According to the division I have adopted, no less than three chapters are wanting in the original MS. I have supplied one, (Chapter IV.) from the former edition of this Inquiry, and the others (Chapters VI. and VIII.) have been princi- pally compiled by the editor. In transcribing Mr. Thackrah's remarks I have not scrupled to make occasional alterations in the expression of such sentences, as, had he lived to revise them, he would probably have recomposed. For distinction between the text of the author and the editor's remarks, the latter are printed in smaller type, and within brackets. The author's » For this purpose I consulted the libraries of the British Museum, London University, and Medico-Chirurgical Society; for admission to the last of which I beg to acknowledge myself indebted to the kind introduction of the Pres.dent, Professor Elliottson. I have also pleasure in expressing myself much assisted by the excellent notes to Da. Bostock's Physiology.
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