The Principles of Medicine, Founded on the Structure and Functions of the Animal Organism (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Principles of Medicine, Founded on the Structure and Functions of the Animal Organism Philosophers were divided into sects, enrolled under the banner of a school, or enlisted as the followers of a chief, whose name they proudly bore, whose doctrines they blindly espoused, whose volumes they consulted as oracles, in which truth alone could be discovered, neglecting its only source, the great volume of na ture. In this light were regarded Pythagoras and Zeno, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, amongst the ancients; Descartes, Leibnitz, and Newton, of the modems. 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.