S. H. 1826

ELEMENTS

OF

MEDICAL LOGICK,

OR

PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES

OF

THE PRACTICE OF PHYSICK.

BY

SIR GILBERT BLANE, BART.

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON, EDINBURGH,
AND GÖTTINGEN, MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF

St. Petersburgh, and FIRST PHYSICIAN TO THE KING.

THE THIRD EDITION, WITH LARGE ADDITIONS.

ΙΑΤΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΣ ΙΣΟΘΕΟΣ.

ΙΠΠΟΚ.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THOMAS AND GEORGE UNDERWOOD,

FLEET-STREET,

BY W. NICOL, CLEVELAND-ROW, ST. JAMES'S.

1825.

334

ΤΟ

THE KING.

SIRE,

I HAVE been induced to solicit the sanction of YOUR MAJESTY'S Name to this Work, from reflecting that the subjects of it have arisen not merely out of ordinary Professional Duties, but out of a course of Public Duty, in which it was my lot to witness and to act a humble part, in some of the most splendid events of British History, or during a period in which I have had the honour of being engaged in the service of YOUR MAJESTY'S Person and Family. In a profession which has for its end the alleviation

of human misery, and the saving of human life, it has been my aim, to the utmost of my inadequate powers, to extend its utility and uphold its dignity, by founding it on the deep and solid basis of genuine Science and sound Philosophy, as the most acceptable service I could render to a Monarch, who, as He is the Father of His People, so is He the object of their veneration and affection. And I count it one of the happy incidents of my long life, that in addition to all the ordinary motives to the discharge of my duty, I have felt my labours sweetened, and my exertions animated, by the further incentive of rendering myself, if possible, not unworthy of the distinguished confidence and encouragement of a Sovereign, who has been pleased to place me in the highest post of my profession,-who is the Patron of Literature and Science, as well as of all the useful and liberal Arts-of a Sovereign also, by whose wisdom and vigour, seconded by the matchless energies of a free, a loyal, a virtuous, and valiant nation, Europe has been rescued from

subjugation and oppression, through a series of atchievements, which in lustre and effect, surpass whatever has been recorded in the Annals of the World.

I entreat YOUR MAJESTY to accept this tribute of the homage and attachment of

YOUR MAJESTY'S

most dutiful, most devoted, and

faithful Servant and Subject,

GILBERT BLANE.