Observations on the rise and progress of the medical art in the British Empire containing remarks on medical literature and a view of a Bibliographia medicinae britannicae / by William Royston.

  • Royston, William.
Date:
1808
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Credit: Observations on the rise and progress of the medical art in the British Empire containing remarks on medical literature and a view of a Bibliographia medicinae britannicae / by William Royston. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    the following outline, within which is Collected a part of the materials that the industry, the talents, and the genius of this country have, in the course of many ages, accumulated to a degree of magnitude that requires elucidation by arrangement and analysis. The collecting widely dispersed ma- terials, many of which are, though of intrinsic excellence, only to be found by the most diligent search in private libraries; and the arrangement and dis- posal of those materials, in such a manner as to render them of easy access, con- stitute two species of exertion equally essential in the compilation of a Bib- liographic In collecting the subjects of the Bibliographia Medicince Britannicce, nei- ther time nor labor have been sparecj. And in forming its plan of arrangement much reflection has been employed to