Principles of general and comparative physiology : intended as an introduction to the study of human physiology ... / by William B. Carpenter.
- William Benjamin Carpenter
- Date:
- 1839
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Principles of general and comparative physiology : intended as an introduction to the study of human physiology ... / by William B. Carpenter. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![THE October ], 1838. Bvtttgf) ani> Jfomgtt pteincal Bebteto. Edited by JOHN FORBES, M.D., F.R.S., and JOHN CONOLLY, M.D. Editors of the Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine. In presenting (o the Profession the Twelfth Number of the British and Foreign Medical Review, Completing the Sixth Volume, and concluding the labours of the third year, the Editors feel it to be a pleasing part of their duty to return their grateful acknowledgments to their numerous subscribers, and to their professional brethren generally, for the great and uniform kindness with which they have received their endeavours to promote the interests of medical science. They believe they are warranted in stating that no publication of a like kind was { ever, in this country, and in so early a stage of its progress, honored by so favor- able a reception and so extensive a patronage. By such a distinction the Editors cannot but feel flattered; although they claim for themselves no further credit than that of having organized the plan of the Publication, and of having exerted themselves to the utmost of their ability to see that plan carried into effect. Their aim from the first was, to endeavour to combine in their work, by means of the co-operation of numerous eminent contributors in every department of medical science, the greatest extent and variety of information with the soundest and most impartial criticism; to lay before their readers all that was known, discovered, or professed in this and other countries; and also to point out to those who stood in need of the information, the good from the bad, the true from the false; and, generally, to promote the real interests of medical science, and to elevate and purify medical literature and medical criticism. That their hopes of realizing such important objects have not been disappointed, they trust they may be allowed to appeal, for evidence, to the portion of the Review already before the public, and to the unanimous testimony of their most distinguished friends, publicly and pri- vately expressed, in this and other countries : and, in now recording their osvn opinion of its great value, they believe they will not incur the charge of vanity or presumption, as they claim the merit and the honour for their contributors, not for themselves. They are certainly proud of the great learning and talents which they have had the good fortune to find ready to co-operate with them, as well as of the character of the work which that learning and those talents have enabled them to produce. To the maintenance of this character their best exertions will continue to be devoted ; and, so long as they are honored by the co-operation of such associates, and rewarded by such patronage, they may securely promise that the results of their future labours will equal at least, if they do not excel, (he past. The greatly increased circulation of The British and Foreign Medical Review, during the year just concluded, strengthens the determination of the Editors to adhere to the original plan of the Publication, matured as it now is by experience, and sanctioned by the approbation of the public ; and, also, to perse- vere in the same free, independent, and impartial course of criticism which they have hitherto pursued, and which, however unpalatable to writers whose defects or delinquencies must necessarily he exposed by it, is alone worthy of men who assume the high office of j udges, or of the members of an honorable and enlightened profession.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28708532_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
