A system of arrangement and discipline, for the medical department of armies / by Robert Jackson, M.D.

  • Jackson, Robert, 1750-1827.
Date:
1805
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Credit: A system of arrangement and discipline, for the medical department of armies / by Robert Jackson, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    I PREFACE. XXVll • * 1 extended, even repeated under different forms, and in a manner that may be considered as tedious and irksome by those who are not im- mediately interested in the subject. And, as some things may be deemed superfluous, so it may be added that little is now presented which has the chance of affording amusement to the indif- ferent reader: it is not even improbable, but that persons of a morbid delicacy of organs may be offended with the abruptness of the manner. The author has spoken with confidence where/ he was sure of fact; but he has endeavoured, as far as his means went, to ascertain the fact cor- V rectly. The difficulty of obtaining official do- cuments will be held as an excuse for the want of precision in some matters of calculation: the points undetermined are, however, such as may be ascertained by those who have authority to investigate official transactions; and, wherever the precise fact has not been attainable, the sup- position, it is presumed, will always be found to rest on safe grounds. If errors occur in reason- ing, or oversight in accuracy of statement, the author will receive correction with thankfulness,