This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXII. In the earliest stages of Science the importance of Anatomy to the successful practice of Medicine and Surgery must have been evident; but it was not till the laws of Physiology had become a severe study, that a knowledge of the structure and development of the lower animals was found to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXII. In the earliest stages of Science the importance of Anatomy to the successful practice of Medicine and Surgery must have been evident; but it was not till the laws of Physiology had become a severe study, that a knowledge of the structure and development of the lower animals was found to be essential to a right understanding of their economy. The importance of this inquiry was first appreciated in our times by the illustrious John Hunter, a man so much in advance of the attainments of the age in which he lived, that his advocacy of this study subjected him to the sneers of men whose names are now remembered only as byewords of reproach and shame. Carrying into practice the principles he enounced, he was the chief light by which the Science of Nature has been illustrated in this country; and if that more profound portion of it, Psychology, or the Science of Intellect, has advanced less, and is still less understood than the laws of simple Animation, the neglect lies with those students who have shown an unworthy reluctance to employ Comparative Metaphysics, in union with Physiology, in their researches. The day is gone by when the students of Mind should waste their time in abstract disquisitions and reasonings a priori on the Nature of Spirit, and in laying down its law of derivation, subsistence, or action: for it is undeniable that such profound inquiries have ended in very shallow and unsatisfactory results; and that Physical Science has advanced only in proportion as it has shaken off the encumbering trammels of such an absurd system of study. That confidence which the search for truth ought ever to inspire should make the seekers after it bold in following such guides as Hunter and Cuvier, and men of kindred minds, and...
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Very good(+) xii, 343pp. Thick 8vo, original blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt-lettered spine (cloth is just a bit edgeworn); uncut edges. London: John Van Voorst, 1847. First Edition. A very good(+) copy.