The physiology of digestion, considered with relation to the principles of dietetics / by Andrew Combe.

  • Combe, Andrew, 1797-1847.
Date:
1860
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    DEDICATION. TO GEORGE COMBE, ATTTHOR OF THE CONSTITUTION OF MAN CONSIDERED IN BELATICK TO EXTEEKAL OBJECTS, &C. My Dear George, On the eve of departure to a foreign clime, in Bearcli of that health which I may never find, I gladly seize the oppor- tunity of dedicating the present volume to you, in grateful remembrance of the happiness derived from our life-long and unclouded friendship. There are other reasons which concur to render such a dedication pecu- liarly appropriate. It is mainly to your advice and influence that J am indebted for perhaps the most valuable parts of my general and professional education, and consequently for all the advantages which I have derived from them. It is to the example of your untiring zeal m the discovery and diifusion of useful truths, and in the cause of human improvement, that I owe much of the deep interest which I have long felt in similar pursuits. And, lastly, if this or any other of my published works has proved useful in diminishing the sum of hu- man suffering, or in adding to the means of human enjoyment, it is in a great measure to you that I owe the gratification of having been of some service to myfeUow-men; for without your cheering encourage- ment to urge me on at the beginning, it is doubtful whether any one of my volumes would ever have been written. To rou, therefore, I have great p easure in addressing this dedication, as a sincere expression of the gratitude, esteem, and regard, with which I remain, Mt Dear George, Your very affectionate Brother, Bdinbtjeqh, October 15.1842. AxVDREW COMBE.