Doctor Thomson vindicated. Or, cursory reflections on The case of the Rt. Hon. Thomas Winnington, Esq / lately published by Dr. Thomson; and the letters in answer to him, by Campbell, Douglas, Dowman, &c. Addressed to a Member of Parliament. [Anon].

Date:
1746
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Credit: Doctor Thomson vindicated. Or, cursory reflections on The case of the Rt. Hon. Thomas Winnington, Esq / lately published by Dr. Thomson; and the letters in answer to him, by Campbell, Douglas, Dowman, &c. Addressed to a Member of Parliament. [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ ] covered, it is reafonable to think their rage would have increaled with their envy ; aud the Jefs it had been in their power, the more they would have endeavoured it. It is evident, the contention is not about any one particular cale, but the prefent practice and difcipline, which he labours to correft for the general good, and which, by expe¬ rience, they find is not in the leaft calculated for the private intereft ot a let of men, who aim only at amai- ling immenfe fortunes, and who fat¬ ten, without remorfe, on the mife- ries they pretend to cure. Having thrown together thele hafty thoughts on the controverly in general, I cannot help taking par¬ ticular notice of a paflage or two in one Douglas’s letter, wherein he C a fays,
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