SIR HENRY HOLLAND, BART., M.D., F.R.S., ETC. ETC., FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, PHYSICIAN IN ORDINARY TO THE QUEEN, AND PHYSICIAN IN ORDINARY TO Φαίνεται ούτε πέρας, ούτε τελευτην εχων· ότι προ τε της αρχής, αλλη αει φαίνεται αρχη μετα τε την нича 473 1857 PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION. THE first Edition of this work was republished at Philadelphia in 1839; and so received by my professional brethren in America as to justify, I hope, the suggestion, now made to me by some of them, of a republication of this third English Edition, in its altered and enlarged form. Three successive visits to the United States have given me sufficient knowledge of the eminent character of the medical men of that country, and of the high social position they hold, to render me earnestly desirous of gaining a name and good opinion amongst them. And this desire is strengthened by the kindness and courtesy I have ever experienced at their hands. therefore I gladly assent. To the suggestion made to me I may venture to speak of this work as having been successful in England; and many circumstances, beyond the mere demand for a third Edition, give me reason to hope and believe that it has been one of practical usefulness to the profession here. If it should serve to any similar good in its present form and place of publication, such result will on every account be welcome to me. The Preface to this third Edition will show the nature and extent of the changes which have been made in the work, and the reasons which have led to them. LONDON, October 31, 1856. 57571 HENRY HOLLAND. |