An Inaugural Dissertation, on the Operation of Cold

Excerpt from An Inaugural Dissertation, on the Operation of Cold: Submitted to the Examination of the Rev. J. Andrews, D. D. Provost (Pro Tempore), The Trustees and Medical Professors of the University of Pennsylvania, on the Twenty-First Day of April, 1806, for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine Cold has been very generally considered as a sedative. But a few years ago, and an attempt to support a contrary Opinion, would in Europe have exposed a candidate for medical honours, if not to persecution, at least to censure, and great warmth Of opposition, for daring to Offer violence to the ortho doxy Of the schools. But thanks to the general freedom of inquiry, allowed in our happy country, thanks more particularly to the candor and libera lity of the enlightened professors, no such bigotry of Opinion, no such tyranny of conduct, have ever thrown a shade over the lustre of the medical school of Philadelphia. Here the candidate for the honours of his profession, nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri, is left free to follow the footsteps Of truth, or of what he conceives to be truth, wherever she may choose to lead the way. Under this permission Ishall take the liberty Of stating afew facts and considerations, which have induced me to relin quish the commonly received Opinion, and to con sider Cold as a stimulant. I allude here, though not exclusively, yet more particularly to the sensation of cold, and that in relation to the human system. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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